A Utah daycare worker is suggesting punishment options after the parents of a child she was sitting discovered she broke the baby’s legs.
New York Post reports that Elvira Ortega was arrested after she slammed a child feet first into the ground at the illegal daycare facility she ran at her home.
Salt Lake City police say 66-year-old Elvira Ortega operated a daycare at her home and was arrested after the child’s parents brought him to a hospital on Feb. 23. Police say the child is less than a year old.
Police said Wednesday she acknowledged slamming the child feet-first and later said that she would rather be deported than go to jail.
Ortega is facing charges of felony child abuse.