GREENWOOD, Ind. — An Indianapolis woman was sentenced Monday for slapping a 2-year-old boy at a Greenwood day care facility last year.

Joyce Perkins was sentenced to 730 days after pleading guilty to battery on a child for the incident at Kiddie Academy of Greenwood on Nov. 4, 2024. According to Johnson Superior Court, Perkins will serve time in jail over four weekends and serve 670 days of probation.

She can also no longer work around children.

After learning of the incident, Johnson County sheriff's deputies went to the day care to speak with the director, who told them he fired Perkins on the day of the incident.

The director then sent video to the deputies, which allegedly shows a 2-year-old boy spitting on Perkins as she is bent over to help another child. Court documents say the

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