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GROVETOWN, Ga. () – On Tuesday April 23rd, officers with the Grovetown Police Department responded to Next Generation Learning Center located at 325 Old Wrightsboro Road, in reference to a Simple Battery incident involving an employee and a child.
Once on scene, Officers learned that a parent had arrived to pick up their child and found them to be visibly upset and inconsolable.
The parent then contacted the police department and requested to view video of the days’ events. Once on scene, the business manager allowed Officers to view video footage captured on the businesses surveillance system.
In reviewing the recordings, it was discovered that an employee, 26-year-old Lataya Regine-Monae Davis, of Grovetown, approached a 1-year-old toddler on the playground and pushed the child in his torso with her foot, at which time he fell and landed in a seated position.
At the time of the incident, the child was standing on the playground with several other children.
At the time of the report the child did not appear to have suffered any injuries as a result.
Davis was subsequently arrested and charged with one count of Simple Battery and transported to the Columbia County Detention Center.
This is an ongoing investigation and anyone with information concerning this event, or others, is encouraged to contact the Grovetown Police Department at 706-863-1212.
