UPDATE
25 News is learning more information about the 24-year-old woman who was arrested for abusing a three-month-old baby Ignite Learning Academy in Temple.
According to the arrest affidavit, detectives were contacted by McLane Children's Hospital where the infant was receiving care, after being brought to the hospital from the daycare.
The report shows investigators obtained video footage from the infant room — the video allegedly shows Jasmine Collum picking up the baby referred to as "BH", and swinging and bouncing him in a forceful manner causing him to "flop around like a ragdoll".
Collum reportedly places the baby in a bouncer and aggressively bounces him, causing his head and shoulders to be thrown forward and backward.
She then allegedly placed her hands on both sides of the bouncer and pushes forcefully, causing his head and shoulders to be thrown forward and backward, and then places her feet on the sides of the bouncer and bounces so roughly he falls over sideways.
She then reportedly grabs his head and pulls him upright forcefully, then resumes aggressively bouncing with her feet causing his shoulders to snap forward and slam back — she also puts her right foot on the infant's chest and pushes down repeatedly.
Collum reportedly picked him up and slammed him back down so hard that "BH's" head strikes the concrete floor.
She reportedly resumed bouncing the infant with her foot until she lifts a limp and unresponsive baby out of the bouncer — Collum reportedly brought the unresponsive child to the daycare director who called EMS.
The baby was found to have subdural hematoma in the left frontal subdural, and inter-retinal and pre-retinal hemorrhages in both eyes.
Collum has been charged with injury to a child and remains in the Bell County Jail on a $125,000 bond.
25 News will continue to provide updates on this story as they become available.
ORIGINAL STORY
Temple police are currently investigating an injury involving a child.
At around 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, officers were sent to McLane Children’s Specialty Clinic for a welfare concern regarding a three-month-old child.
After officers arrived and began questioning, they learned the child had been taken to Ignite Learning Academy for daycare that morning at around 4 p.m. — the child began showing unusual lethargy.
EMS was contacted, and to transported the child for medical care.
Officers and Child Protective Services are working closely on this case.
At this time 24-year-old Jasmine Collum, a teacher at Ignite Learning Academy, has been arrested for injury to a child.
This case is currently under investigation.
Those with information on the Academy are encouraged to contact Detective Corporal Goodson at 254-298-5009 or email ggoodson@templetx.gov, or Bell County Crime Stoppers calling 254-526-8477 or click here.
