COBB COUNTY, Ga. — An ex-daycare worker accused of body slamming a toddler has been in jail since her arrest earlier this month, but she could be out soon.
A judge granted Jonee Hamilton, 20, bond on charges that include felony aggravated assault with intent to commit murder.
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"There was a little laceration on the inside of her mouth and there was blood on her shirt," Smyrna police Detective Meredith Holt said.
The detective said the assault happened at the Oxford Babies in Smyrna in November.
A defense attorney provided cellphone video of the original security camera recording, which the detective said is much more clear.
Holt said Hamilton grew impatient when the 16-month-old girl wouldn’t lay down for a nap and repeatedly pushed her head into a mat.
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“And then the third time, Miss Hamilton forcefully pushes her child's head into the mat,” Holt said. “You can see her pick her head up off the mat and body slam her back down on the mat. You can see the child go limp for a couple of seconds. You can see blood coming out of her mouth.”
When Hamilton was confronted with the video, the detective said she denied it was her. She was fired on the spot.
“She eventually told one of the directors to shut up and they escorted her out," Holt said.
A defense attorney showed the video to the detective questioning the most serious charge against his client.
“It's pretty clear this was not an attempt to commit murder," attorney Kevin Fisher said.
The prosecutor then read a letter from the child's father, who asked the judge not to grant bond.
“She has taken so much from us and we feel strongly she is not fit or safe to be part of society,” Deputy District Attorney Charles Boring read.
Police said the woman abused other children at the day care in the past.
Holt said video captured Hamilton victimizing two other children. She is accused of having pushed one child's head into a mat.
"There was another child that got onto his knees and she knocks him over on two separate occasions," Holt said.
The judge ended up granting a $40,000 bond with the condition the former daycare worker can't be around children.