KETTERING — A parent is facing charges after police said she assaulted multiple teachers at the Kettering KinderCare before driving off Tuesday morning.
Officers responded to the daycare at 1875 Ebert Avenue around 11:30 a.m. after getting at least one 911 call reporting an argument at the location.
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A delivery driver was one of several 911 callers to call Kettering police for help.
“The parent is carrying around the kid, she’s getting ready to attack the lady again,” the delivery driver told 911 dispatchers. “Oh she just threw the baby in the car. Baby’s not even strapped in. She’s getting in the car and leaving. The baby is definitely not safe.”
After attacking the teachers, the delivery driver said the woman threw a child in the SUV and she drove off. The driver telling police the details of her vehicle.
Kettering Police ended up stopping the suspect, Tozene Jackson, 30, on Alex-Bell Road nearby.
“Initially what we think is the parent came in, a verbal altercation began and then it kind of escalated to some physical assaults,” said Kettering Officer Tyler Johnson. “It’s pretty unusual to have this type of altercation with parents and teachers in any kind of setting.”
KinderCare said the daycare will be closed for the remainder of Tuesday and Wednesday.
“The management team at our Ebert center is focused on ensuring teachers and children feel safe and supported after this morning’s incident,” a spokesperson for KinderCare said. “We’re going to close our center for the remainder of the day so that our teachers have time to seek additional support.”
Jackson was arrested by Kettering Police and booked into jail on suspicion of assault. She ended up being taken to an area hospital for treatment of some injuries once she got to jail and will be released once treated, Johnson said.
Johnson says she is being summonsed into court on three counts of assault, one count for each of the three teachers she’s accused of assaulting, as well as one count of child endangering and one count of criminal damaging.
None of the teachers who were injured suffered any serious injuries and they did not have to go to the hospital, Johnson said. The children at the daycare were not hurt.
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