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.