Spring daycare worker accused of dragging, tossing child
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A Spring daycare worker has been arrested and charged with endangering a child.
Beneta Wallace, 23, has been charged with a felony count of endangering a child.
The incident happened on Dec. 15. According to court records, Wallace put the child “in imminent danger of bodily injury” by grabbing, dragging, and tossing them.
Wallace is due for her first court appearance at 9 a.m. Thursday morning.
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