C'mon...haven't we all wanted to do it?

[K C Muffin]

From this morning's Star.....

Co-workers said a former child-care supervisor accused of duct-taping two toddlers to a wall turned his technique into show-and-tell.

Erie police allege the defendant, 25-year-old Keith Holbrook, showed other employees how he suspended the children, each 3 years old, at Little Wonders Child Care, 1347 W. Sixth St., on Nov. 6.

"I want to show you something," Holbrook told another employee, police said.

The employee told police she saw one of the toddlers with his hands, legs and torso taped to a wall.


"What are you doing?" the employee said, according to the criminal complaint against Holbrook.

Holbrook, police said, "just laughed."

Based on the statements of Holbrook's former co-workers, detectives on Wednesday charged Holbrook with two counts each of simple assault and endangering the welfare of children.

Holbrook, of the 1100 block of West Fifth Street, had been assistant director at the child-care center. His supervisors at Little Wonders fired him after discovering the taped children on Nov. 6, police said. He is now in Erie County Prison on $25,000 bond.

Five staff members at the center witnessed the taping of the children, said Erie police Detective Sgt. Pam Barber, who investigated the case with her husband, Detective Sgt. John Barber. Police said the Little Wonders staff reported the incidents to police on Nov. 12, leading to the filing of the charges.


Police accused Holbrook of suspending the toddlers, both boys, by taping their arms, legs and torsos to a wall while they each sat on a table. Police said Holbrook then removed the tables, and left the children hanging.

The criminal complaint provides no indication about why police believe Holbrook used the duct tape on the children. But the complaint alleges that Holbrook started taping the children after an incident in which he was duct-taping ordinary objects to a wall and saw another employee dealing with a boy for failing to keep his shoes on.

The employee told the child she was going to tape the shoes to his feet if his shoes kept coming off, police said. Police said the employee told investigators she jokingly put a piece of duct tape around the boy's foot, and then removed it.

The employee, according to the complaint, "says that Keith then came up with the idea to tape a kid to a wall."

The boys who were taped were not seriously injured, according to the complaint. Police said employees told investigators that both boys looked as if they were going to cry before workers removed them from the wall.


Other children also saw Holbrook tape the toddlers, police alleged. According to the complaint, one of Holbrook's female co-workers heard older children in a room with Holbrook say, "let's put another kid up on the wall."

Police said Holbrook referred to the co-worker, and told the children, "We'll just do it when she's not here."

This happened in Pennsylvania. I bet the kids were laughing. I can't imagine they were hurt.

[BroncoFan]

I guess this is more humane than nailing their foot to the floor!

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by K C Muffin

This happened in Pennsylvania. I bet the kids were laughing. I can't imagine they were hurt.

It might have trashed their delicate little self-esteem.

Originally Posted by BroncoFan

I guess this is more humane than nailing their foot to the floor!

So long as you only nail one foot so they can pivot around and get a little exercise.

[K C Muffin]

Originally Posted by Highwayman

It might have trashed their delicate little self-esteem.



So long as you only nail one foot so they can pivot around and get a little exercise.

[Tee]

sounds like harmless horseplay to me, that was taken way too seriously!

[K C Muffin]

me, too, Tee. You can bet that before this is all over, that poor guy will have to register as a sex criminal. Somebody blew this way out of proportion. I wouldn't have wanted a kid to be hurt, but holy cow! The kid doesn't know he's been hurt till Mom rushes to his side and tries to make it all better.

[Tee]

If i'd done that to my nephews, they'd had a blast!

[K C Muffin]

I'm thinkin' there's some moms out there that have done it, but nobody's namin' names.

[pootsy]

I laughed when I read this. Sounds like to me he was just playing.

[justlilome]

Im positive I saw someone do the same thing on one of those home video shows. They won a bunch of money for it! This poor guy will undoubtly be doing the opposite.