“I think a teacher might have slammed a kid down, and the mom is super-furious, trying to fight her.”
That urgent statement, captured in a 911 call obtained by SCDN, marked the moment a southern Ohio daycare incident spilled into a police response—after a mother says she discovered video evidence showing her toddler had been abused.
Listen to the 911 call
In the call, a daycare employee reports being instructed by a supervisor to contact authorities. “We have an issue with a mom,” the caller tells dispatch. “Something has happened. I’m not 100% sure what. But my boss told me to call.”
When asked for context, the employee adds that the mother appeared to have seen something on the facility’s cameras that prompted her reaction. “They were watching cameras and the mom must have seen something she didn’t like,” the caller says, noting the child involved was a toddler. At one point on the recording, the employee can be heard directing what appears to be a child to go into the kitchen and shut the door.
The call led officers to Giggles and Wiggles, where a confrontation unfolded between the mother and daycare staff.
Days later, daycare employee Kylie Weeks was charged with child endangerment. Weeks was arraigned Monday in Portsmouth Municipal Court, where her bond was set at $2,500. Court records show she posted the bond in cash. She is scheduled to return to court for a pretrial hearing Jan. 27.
According to the first mother, her child suffered a black eye and a busted lip. She has publicly alleged that Weeks slammed her toddler onto a cot multiple times and then claimed the injuries were the result of a fall. The mother says the incident was captured on daycare surveillance video, which prompted her immediate response.
Video later shared by the mother shows her confronting daycare staff, including Weeks, inside the facility. As the mother angrily accuses Weeks of throwing her child to the ground, another adult attempts to intervene and urges her to leave the room for the sake of other children. During the exchange, Weeks can be heard saying, “I didn’t mean to.”
As the case drew public attention, a second mother came forward with concerns of her own, saying her 13-month-old son experienced sudden and alarming behavioral changes while under Weeks’ care. The mother described out-of-character crying at drop-off, severe sleep disturbances, prolonged nighttime screaming fits, extreme clinginess, and refusal to play alone.
Initially, she said, she attributed the changes to teething or illness. After learning of the allegations involving another child and seeing related videos, she said she now believes her son may also have been harmed. She has since removed him from the daycare and requested incident reports and corresponding surveillance footage, only to be told the facility retains video for seven days.
Authorities have not publicly confirmed how many complaints are under investigation or whether additional charges are being considered. Officials have also not released details about any video evidence.
What began as a frantic 911 call has now grown into a case drawing wider scrutiny, raising questions about daycare oversight, surveillance retention, and how facilities respond when parents believe their children have been harmed. The investigation remains ongoing.
