LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) --Â A day care worker caught on camera abusing children in Louisville was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison.
Racheal Flannery pleaded guilty to 10 counts of criminal abuse in November 2024.
Multiple families spoke at the sentencing since there wasn't a trial. They detailed how the abuse has impacted their families and pleaded for Flannery to be given the maximum sentence.
In September 2022, Flannery was caught on video squeezing, shaking, hitting and eventually dropping a baby on the floor at the Vanguard Academy in Norton Commons.
She was arrested Sept. 30, 2022, and charged with three counts of first-degree criminal abuse, to which she pleaded not guilty in October 2022.Â
A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Flannery in November 2022, charging her with 10 counts of criminal abuse. The jury said she allegedly criminally abused 10 children while working at Vanguard Academy between Sept. 21-28, 2022. Flannery pleaded not guilty to more than a dozen charges of abuse in December 2022.Â
Vanguard Academy has since been shut down.
Related Stories:
- Former Louisville day care worker accused of abusing children pleads guilty
- Judge grants work release for former Louisville day care worker accused of abuse to look for new job
- Norton Commons daycare employee accused of infant abuse pleads not guilty
- Louisville police arrest Norton Commons daycare employee in connection with alleged infant abuse
Copyright 2025 WDRB Media. All Rights Reserved.
