KENOSHA, Wis. — Following a months-long investigation, an employee at Rising Stars Academy Day Care in Kenosha was arrested for child abuse.

Nour Althafir, 26, of Waukegan, Ill. was arrested Tuesday after parents of a two-year-old at the daycare reported the toddler came home with bruises on his back and arms.

According to court records, the daycare originally told the parents that their son had sustained the bruises when he got his head stuck and had to be pulled out from underneath a cabinet. After reviewing surveillance of the incident, the mother did not believe that that could be the cause of the injuries.

Investigators were able to obtain surveillance footage from the full day of the event, showing Althafir grabbing the toddler by his arm at one point. At another time, she can be

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