1Clarksville, TN – A former day care worker was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for abusing a 13-month-old girl in her care. Sarah Jo Fuson, 24, was convicted of aggravated child abuse and child abuse in October.

Fuson will serve her sentence without the possibility of parole. She received an additional four-year sentence to run concurrently.

During the hearing, Judge David Wolfe noted Fuson’s lack of remorse prior to the hearing and quoted her earlier claim, “I shouldn’t F–ing be here, I didn’t do anything.” Witnesses reported inconsistencies in Fuson’s statements regarding her actions during the incident.

The incident occurred in January 2023 at the Tylertown Learning Center in Clarksville. A video shown during the trial depicted Fuson forcefully slamming the child into a

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