Mother, daughter sentenced in day care child endangerment case
A mother and daughter who ran a Pleasant Hill day care appeared in court for sentencing Tuesday.
A mother and daughter who ran a Pleasant Hill day care appeared in court for sentencing Tuesday.
A mother and daughter who ran a Pleasant Hill day care appeared in court for sentencing Tuesday.
A mother and daughter who ran a Pleasant Hill day care appeared in court for sentencing Tuesday.
Cindy and Amanda Holt faced sentencing after they pleaded guilty to child endangerment.
Last summer, a child in their care was taken to the hospital with bite marks and bruises.
The judge granted deferred judgments to Cindy and Amanda Holt of two years of probation. Both are not allowed to operate a day care in any capacity. They must undergo a mental evaluation and follow treatment. Both must also maintain full employment.
“There is not a day that goes by where I don't think of what I could have done different that day -- if I had not put both babies in the room to take a nap,” Cindy Holt said in court.
Cindy Holt asked the court and the family for forgiveness while pleading for a deferred sentence.
“Please know from the bottom of my heart I am truly sorry for what happened,” Holt said.
Judge Robert Hanson ruled that a no-contact order against the mother and daughter is to remain in place, with no contact allowed with the victim or the victim’s family. The Holts are not allowed contact with any child younger than 18, with the exception of their own family members.
“The court is very disturbed by all these circumstances,” Hanson said. “The court has been a parent himself and has had kids in day care and entrusted people.”
If the Holts successfully completes probation, the conviction will be removed from their records.
Cindy Holt is ordered to make restitution to the victim's family, although no amount was set.
The victim's family told KCCI they were upset and that they did not know how to put the situation into words.