Staffers charged in alleged abuse of 26 children at Philadelphia-area school
Twenty workers at a Philadelphia-area charter school were charged in connection with allegations of abuse of young children and failure to report it, prosecutors announced Monday.
Twenty workers at a Philadelphia-area charter school were charged in connection with allegations of abuse of young children and failure to report it, prosecutors announced Monday.
The Chester Township Police Department said in court documents that security video captured roughly 100 incidents at Chester Community Charter School’s West Campus in November and December involving what the district attorney’s office said are 26 victims.
The victims, in grades K-5, were members of the school’s emotional support program, the office of Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said in a statement. Some of them were as young as 5 years old, the DA’s office said.
Stollsteimer said at a news conference Monday that he watched security video of the alleged abuse.
“There are nine individuals who have surveillance video that I’ve watched putting their hands on children, some as young as 5,” Stollsteimer said. “Oftentimes, you can see them using their knee to take a child to the ground.”
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