JERSEY CITY — The owner and manager of a Jersey City day care center and her 17-year-old daughter were charged with fourth degree child abuse and second degree endangering the welfare of a minor after two brothers, ages 3 and 4 were found standing outside without hat or coat on Jan. 4 near Monticello and Belmont avenues.
Michael Makarski, spokesperson for the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office, said sheriff’s officers saw the two children and brought them to Jersey Police headquarters and then to Jersey City Medical Center. The children were examined for possible injury due to the low temperatures outside while their parents were notified. The two brothers had wandered out of a facility overseen the Urban League.
The director, owner, and manager had left her 17-year-old daughter in charge during which time the two children wandered from the facility, Makarski said.
An investigation by the Sheriff’s Department showed the facility had all the required licenses and was in good standing.
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