Colorado Springs Police are reporting they were executing a welfare check at a Colorado Springs day care, leading them to the owner's house where they found a "false wall" and 26 children in the basement. All of the kids found were younger than three.
This was at Play Mountain Place on Wednesday. They had received multiple complaints that the facility was housing more children in their care than their license permitted. When officers arrived there were no children inside. Officers tried to contact
the owner at her residence.
"The owner, identified as 58-year-old Carla Faith, refused to cooperate with officers; however, officers could hear the noises of children coming from her home," Lt. James Sokolik with the Colorado Springs Police Department wrote in a release. "During their investigation, officers found a false wall that led to the home’s basement. When officers walked down the stairs, they located two adults and 26 kids inside a finished basement, all of who were under the age of three-years-old. Officers immediately began working with [The Colorado Department of Human Services] to release the children back to their parents."
The owner, Carla Faith, was not arrested. Police are reporting detective plan to pursue "appropriate" charges. It isn't clear if the other two employees found in the basement will face charges.
Police worked alongside the Colorado Depart of Human Services in this investigation. The Crimes Against Children Unit for the Colorado Springs Police Depart took over the criminal part of the investigation while licensing matters are being handled by the state DHS. A spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Human Services said a legal team supressed all records for the day care off their website. The department is suspending the facility's licensing status.
News spoke to multiple parents who now have to search for a new caretaker. Several people heard the news through friends.
"I just have this horrible feeling in my stomach, "I’m really hoping nothing more nefarious has been going on and that in fact,
it is an overcrowding issue which is bad enough as it is. I wouldn’t have brought him there knowing that."
Others are hoping the licensing issue is a quick fix for the owner. denial
why is the owner refusing to cooperate if nothing he did was wrong???
love those folks in denial, waitng fir it to reopen!
At 26 kids they were not being watched thats for sure
What was he doing hiding kids in the basement? Making movies, molesting?
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fogdryer ago
Colorado Springs Police are reporting they were executing a welfare check at a Colorado Springs day care, leading them to the owner's house where they found a "false wall" and 26 children in the basement. All of the kids found were younger than three.
This was at Play Mountain Place on Wednesday. They had received multiple complaints that the facility was housing more children in their care than their license permitted. When officers arrived there were no children inside. Officers tried to contact
the owner at her residence.
"The owner, identified as 58-year-old Carla Faith, refused to cooperate with officers; however, officers could hear the noises of children coming from her home," Lt. James Sokolik with the Colorado Springs Police Department wrote in a release. "During their investigation, officers found a false wall that led to the home’s basement. When officers walked down the stairs, they located two adults and 26 kids inside a finished basement, all of who were under the age of three-years-old. Officers immediately began working with [The Colorado Department of Human Services] to release the children back to their parents."
The owner, Carla Faith, was not arrested. Police are reporting detective plan to pursue "appropriate" charges. It isn't clear if the other two employees found in the basement will face charges.
Police worked alongside the Colorado Depart of Human Services in this investigation. The Crimes Against Children Unit for the Colorado Springs Police Depart took over the criminal part of the investigation while licensing matters are being handled by the state DHS. A spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Human Services said a legal team supressed all records for the day care off their website. The department is suspending the facility's licensing status.
News spoke to multiple parents who now have to search for a new caretaker. Several people heard the news through friends.
"I just have this horrible feeling in my stomach, "I’m really hoping nothing more nefarious has been going on and that in fact,
it is an overcrowding issue which is bad enough as it is. I wouldn’t have brought him there knowing that."
Others are hoping the licensing issue is a quick fix for the owner. denial
why is the owner refusing to cooperate if nothing he did was wrong???
love those folks in denial, waitng fir it to reopen!
At 26 kids they were not being watched thats for sure
What was he doing hiding kids in the basement? Making movies, molesting?
https://www.fox21news.com/top-stories/false-wall-hides-dozens-of-kids-at-daycare-colorado-springs-police-investigate-neglect/
https://www.kktv.com/content/news/Parents-say-2-day-cares-closed-for-police-investigation-564931262.html?fbclid=IwAR32kDrCiZrHvi9O8r3jDoEbBr4akZHoMBc_PpVXWdczaRLqs5MSiqY9IUs
Anti-Stupid ago
Last I checked Carla is a female name. Why do you keep saying "he"?
Vindicator ago
You need to move this material from the Comment section up to the main body of the submission. Thanks @fogdryer. I'll give you the 24 Hour Grace flair.