A West Des Moines day care employee faces child endangerment charges after an infant in her care suffered a skull fracture.Court documents show 36-year-old Jamie Leann Kober, a Canadian resident, is charged with child endangerment – serious injury. According to arrest records, Kober is an employee at Alphabet Academy in West Des Moines. Court records show on Jan. 27, a mother picked up her infant at the day care and noticed swelling on the top right of the child’s head. She took the child to a doctor and it was discovered that the child had a skull fracture.Police said the child was the only one in Kober’s care at the time. During questioning by a detective, she said the child was sitting in a “boppy” and fell backward. Court documents show she told the detective she did not report the incident because she was “scared.” “The charge really stems from the daycare employee failing to notify her employer, failing to notify the mother, or any proper medical personnel that the injury had occurred. Which put the child at substantial risk of serious permanent injury without immediate medical treatment,” said West Des Moines police Sgt. Jason Heintz.According to police, she acknowledged that she put the child in danger by not reporting the injury and said the child fell backward while sitting in the “boppy” and struck a changing table. Police say fortunately the baby’s mother took her to a doctor right away after noticing the swelling.”The child did not sustain any serious lasting and permanent injury after this. The skull fracture, if left untreated could have been a lot worse,” said Sgt. Heintz.Kober released a statement to KCCI through her attorney. Kober said she hopes the investigation will reveal that over her years of caring for children, their safety and well-being have been her number one priority. She also hopes additional investigation will clear up some misunderstandings about this matter.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa —
A West Des Moines day care employee faces child endangerment charges after an infant in her care suffered a skull fracture.
Court documents show 36-year-old Jamie Leann Kober, a Canadian resident, is charged with child endangerment – serious injury.
According to arrest records, Kober is an employee at Alphabet Academy in West Des Moines. Court records show on Jan. 27, a mother picked up her infant at the day care and noticed swelling on the top right of the child’s head. She took the child to a doctor and it was discovered that the child had a skull fracture.
Police said the child was the only one in Kober’s care at the time. During questioning by a detective, she said the child was sitting in a “boppy” and fell backward. Court documents show she told the detective she did not report the incident because she was “scared.”
“The charge really stems from the daycare employee failing to notify her employer, failing to notify the mother, or any proper medical personnel that the injury had occurred. Which put the child at substantial risk of serious permanent injury without immediate medical treatment,” said West Des Moines police Sgt. Jason Heintz.
According to police, she acknowledged that she put the child in danger by not reporting the injury and said the child fell backward while sitting in the “boppy” and struck a changing table.
Police say fortunately the baby’s mother took her to a doctor right away after noticing the swelling.
“The child did not sustain any serious lasting and permanent injury after this. The skull fracture, if left untreated could have been a lot worse,” said Sgt. Heintz.
Kober released a statement to KCCI through her attorney. Kober said she hopes the investigation will reveal that over her years of caring for children, their safety and well-being have been her number one priority. She also hopes additional investigation will clear up some misunderstandings about this matter.
