Daycare Employee Arrested for Alleged Child Abuse

Detectives with the North Charleston Police Department’s Special Victims Unit have arrested a daycare employee in connection with a case of alleged child abuse, regarding an assault on a child.

Gladys Rampersant, 75, of North Charleston, was taken into custody on Thursday. According to investigators, the alleged incident occurred in July at Sweetgrass Christian Academy, located on Remount Road.

Rampersant has been charged with Unlawful Conduct Toward a Child and was taken to the Al Cannon Detention Center.

The investigation remains ongoing.