Scituate, MA preschool trainer charged with assaulting kids – NBC Boston
A preschool trainer has been accused of pushing a number of kids to the bottom and into tables, chairs and partitions on the Scituate, Massachusetts, facility the place she labored, prosecutors stated.
Lilly Garofola, a 29-year-old from Hull, confronted decide in Hingham District Courtroom Wednesday, the place she pleaded not responsible to 4 counts of assault and battery with a harmful weapon and a dozen counts of assault and battery, in keeping with the Plymouth County District Lawyer’s Workplace.
Garofola was positioned on go away on the Little Steps Studying Heart amid an investigation, in keeping with prosecutors, then resigned. She was taken into custody with out incident Wednesday morning.
NBC10 Boston has reached out to the preschool for remark.
The fees spurred from an investigation involving Scituate police, prosecutors and the Massachusetts Division of Kids and Households after dad and mom and employees approached police to report probably inappropriate bodily conduct involving Garofola, prosecutors stated.
The investigation discovered that she assaulted three kids throughout college hours, in addition to verbally abused kids — with most of the alleged incidents caught on surveillance video.
Whereas prosecutors requested that Garofola be held with out bail, the decide ordered she be held on $1,000 bail and on situation she not have contact with any kids underneath 16 or witnesses within the case.
