Pinellas group home worker caught on video 'excessively battering' child with autism: PCSO

"Straddling And Striking": Surveillance Video Leads To Arrest Of Largo Caregiver

LARGO, Fla. — A Pinellas County caregiver is behind bars after detectives uncovered disturbing surveillance footage appearing to show her abusing a non-verbal autistic child under her care. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office arrested 38-year-old Shannon Cooper on Wednesday, charging her with child abuse following a month-long investigation that began just days before Christmas. Detectives […] “Straddling And Striking”: Surveillance Video Leads…

Pinellas group home worker caught on video 'excessively battering' child with autism: PCSO

An employee at a group home and daycare in Largo was arrested Wednesday after being accused of child abuse.

Pinellas County daycare employee charged with abusing non-verbal autistic child, deputies say

ARRESTED | Deputies said surveillance footage showed the 38-year-old pulling the child by the collar, hitting them and throwing them into furniture.