CHARLESTON, South Carolina (WYFF) -- A day care employee in South Carolina has been arrested in what authorities call a "disturbing case of alleged child abuse."

Detectives with the North Charleston Police Department’s Special Victims Unit said Gladys Rampersant, 75, of North Charleston, was taken into custody on Thursday.

According to investigators, the incident happened in July at Sweetgrass Christian Academy, located on Remount Road.

Detectives say Rampersant was observed yanking a child—under one year old—up by the arms, then forcibly shaking the child several times before slamming the infant into a crib.

The report further alleges that Rampersant re-engaged with the child, pulling the infant out of the crib and striking the top of the child's head multiple times.

Rampersant has b

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