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Zionsville daycare worker breaks 2 year old ‘problem’ child’s leg

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Areeana Adeniyi Indiana daycare worker charged with breaking 2 year old child's leg.
Areeana Adeniyi Indiana daycare worker at Zionsville Presbyterian church charged with breaking 2 year old boy's leg. Pictured the boy's father who chose not to show his face to protect his son's identity.
Areeana Adeniyi Indiana daycare worker charged with breaking 2 year old child's leg.
Areeana Adeniyi Indiana daycare worker at Zionsville Presbyterian church charged with breaking 2 year old boy’s leg. Pictured the boy’s father who chose not to show his face to protect his son’s identity.

Areeana Adeniyi Zionsville daycare worker in Indiana alleged to have broken 2 year old boy’s leg as she now faces charges amid accusations that she was angry and insolent towards the child by the boy’s father. 

A daycare worker at an Indiana daycare facility is accused of breaking a 2 year old child’s leg over the summer. The incident happened in July at Noah’s Ark, a day care program at a Zionsville area church.

Areeana Adeniyi, 26, an employee at the Zionsville Presbyterian Church was this week charged with battery of a minor and neglect according to the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office. A warrant for the worker’s arrest was issued earlier this week before she was taken into custody on Friday, FOX59 reported.

According to court documents, the 2-year-old was under the supervision of Adeniyi when the boy’s leg was fractured in a, ‘rude, insolent, or angry manner.’

‘Not a really nice kid,’

Court documents state the daycare worker put the ‘child above her head,’ ‘spins him,’ and ‘flips him,’ over her shoulder and onto the ground. Prosecutors stated video of the alleged incident existed according to WISH-TV.

Police said the video showed the ‘child in distress, crying, and holding his lower leg’ as he tries to get Adeniyi’s attention. Adeniyi seemed to be focused somewhere else. The boy attempted to stand, but wasn’t able to on account of his injured leg, at the hands of his supervisor.

Initially, the day care said the child’s pain was due to a twisting of the ankle after the teacher lifted him in the air.

Nevertheless x-rays taken later that night showed the boy had fractured his tibia, the lower portion of his leg.

The next day, the child’s father called police after seeing the video. The Child Protective Team at Riley Hospital said, ‘[Incident] doesn’t appear to be playful from video provided.’

Adeniyi told police she usually picks up children and flips them to make them smile.

But Adeniyi texts to her supervisor after the incident stated, ‘I think I just broke his foot playing with him too hard.’ She later described the child to police as, ‘Not a really nice kid,’ ‘a cry baby,’ and that he has ‘anger problems.’

Areeana Adeniyi Indiana daycare worker charged with breaking 2 year old child's leg.
Areeana Adeniyi Indiana daycare worker charged with breaking 2 year old child’s leg.

Child’s father alleges daycare worker always had ‘something bad’ to say about his son

The child was initially placed into a hard splint, and later, a hard cast for three weeks. It has since been removed. The boy’s father stated the episode has led to his toddler son having lasting effects on his walking gait, FOX59 reported. 

During conversations with police following the incident,  Adeniyi insisted she did not abuse the 2 year old, with the worker saying she was upset that the boy’s father was upset and said, ‘accidents happen,’ the affidavit stated.

Speaking to WTHR, the boy’s father told the outlet that Adeniyi always had ‘something bad’ to say about the boy every time the parent came to pick up his son.

Of note, Adeniyi no longer worked at the Zionsville daycare centre according to management. 

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