Preschool owner 'disgusted' by abuse allegations against former teachers

>> I

>>> WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE WITH US

TONIGHT, I'M CATHERINE BROWN !

THIS STARTED LAST MONTH AT THE

GINGERBREAD PRESCHOOL WHEN

POLICE EXECUTED A SEARCH

WARRANT AFTER PARENTS

COMPLAINED.

WE'RE LIVE WITH REACTIONS WITH

THE PRESCHOOL OPERATOR, AARON.

>> Reporter: TAMMY HAS BEEN

OPERATING THIS PRESCHOOL FOR

YEARS AND IS SHOCKED ABOUT THE

ABUSE ALLEGATIONS BUT THE TWO

EMPLOYEES HAVE SINCE BEEN FIRE

AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE LOOKING

AT FIVE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS

HERE.

>> POLICE SAY SHE LEFT INJURIES

ON ONE CHILD'S FOREHEAD.

ANOTHER CHILD WAS PINCHED.

>> IT'S TROUBLING WHEN YOU HAVE

INCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN

BECAUSE THAT'S SOME OF THE

TOUGHEST CASES TO EVER

INVESTIGATE.

>> CHIEF ROBBY MARTIN SAID IT'S

DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED AN

INVESTIGATION BACK IN NOVEMBER

WHEN OFFICERS RECEIVED A

COMPLAINT AFTER ABUSE.

WRAL SPOKE WITH A MOTHER WHO

SAID PEERSON PINCHED HER TWO-

YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AT THE DAY

CARE.

>> VERY DISGUSTING.

>> TAMMY OPERATES GINGERBREAD

HOUSE AND SAYS PEERSON WAS

EMPLOYED FOR TWO MONTHS AND THE

OTHER WAS EMPLOYED FOR FOUR

YEARS.

>> WERE YOU AWARE OF THEABUSE

HAPPENING AT ALL?

>> NO.

I DID LEARN OLIVIA ULRICH FROM

THE STATE WAS IN TOTAL SHOCK.

>> MARTIN SEES THIS AS AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO BE

AWARE OF YOUR CHILD'S WELL

BEING.

>> LISTEN TO YOUR CHILD.

SOME CHILDREN AT TWO-YEARS-OLD

CAN TELL YOU IF THEY HAVE BEEN

HURT.

>> Reporter: THIS FACILITY IS

ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE

STATE.

THAT MOTHER WE SPOKE WITH WHO

SAYS HER CHILD WAS HURT BY THE

TEACHERS SAYS THESE CHARGES ARE