The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 32-year-old man working as a preschool teacher in Centennial on suspicion of 51 counts of harassment and child abuse.
Brandon Vigil was arrested on Feb. 10 on suspicion of 28 counts of child abuse and 23 counts of harassment in connection to Vigil’s time as a daycare employee between February 2024 and Sept. 6, 2024, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office.
Nine of abuse counts included injury and 19 did not, according to the release.
A teacher’s aide alerted the sheriff’s office of potential incidents on Sept. 5, 2024. The aide told investigators that Vigil seemed “irritated and in a bad mood and was throwing things.”
There were 14 kids in his classroom, all two years old.
Vigil was allegedly throwing sleeping pads around. When one child did not move quickly enough, Vigil allegedly struck the kid with his open hand. When the child began crying, Vigil responded with a racial slur, according to the teacher’s aide.
The aide immediately told administration and police.
“Investigators began reviewing evidence from the daycare and discovered many instances of harmful, degrading, and humiliating actions directed at the children, all two years old,” police said.
The news release did not identify the day care center, but The Denver Gazette has asked for that information.
Vigil is due in court on April 7.
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