A daycare worker has been arrested and charged in connection with a young child being choked and assaulted in Niagara Falls, police say.
Detectives launched an investigation Sept. 13 into the “serious assault” of a child under the age of five while in the care of Way To Grow Daycare, the Niagara Regional Police Service said in a press release.
Employee Matthew Maxwell, 26, of St. Catharines was arrested and charged with aggravated assault Sept. 17 after investigators with the Niagara police child abuse unit found a young child had “sustained injuries” as a result of the incident.
The suspect was held in custody pending a Sept. 18 bail hearing at the St. Catharines’ courthouse. Maxwell was denied bail and remains in police custody, Const. Jesse Vujasic told The Epoch Times. …