The mother-of-three who dropped her two-year-old son into a cheetah pit is the assistant director of a childcare center.
Michelle Schwab, who has three sons and a degree in therapeutic childcare, has been charged with child endangerment after she allegedly dangled her child over the 10-foot-deep enclosure in Cleveland Metroparks Zoo before he slipped and fell.
She faces six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Visitors heard a scream at 3pm on Saturday and looked to see Schwab, 38, and her husband leaping into the pit to retrieve the child, who was treated for a leg injury.
On Monday, a spokesman for KinderCare, a nationally-acclaimed education, care and resource provider, confirmed Schwab has taken a leave of absence from her management role at one of the centers in Columbus, Ohio.
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Well, that explains it.
ReplyDeleteHorrific. "Common sense is not so common anymore".
ReplyDeleteThese are dangerous times we live in when even mothers put their own children in harm's way.
ReplyDeleteNice childcare worker. People, certainly, by all means, leave your child where this nut works. NOT!!
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