Cruelty to child alleged at child care center
A Mountain Rest woman, arrested Wednesday, is accused in a warrant released by Oconee Sheriff’s Office of cruelty to a child. The accused, Annette Waldrep James, 55, of Mountain Rest, while in charge of a child at the Homestead Academy near Westminster, is accused of taping a child’s fingers together with masking tape. An Oconee deputy on January 20 investigated a case of possible abuse of a juvenile.