TEMPLE, Texas — More details are coming out in the case of a Temple daycare teacher charged with injuring a three-month-old baby.
Jasmine Collum, 24, is charged with the offense of injury to child. She's accused of violently bouncing a three-month-old and causing brain and retinal damage to the child, according to an arrest affidavit.
Over the weekend, the teacher bonded out of the Bell County Jail.
Parents tell 6 News the facility sent out a statement saying this was an accident, that it's isolated and that it won't happen again.
According to an arrest affidavit, Temple police were called to McLane Children's Hospital on Oct. 16 to do a welfare check on the infant who had been brought to the hospital by EMS from the daycare on Hartrick Bluff Road.
Police reviewed video footage from inside the daycare that showed Collum "swinging and bouncing" the child in a very forceful manner, causing the child to "flop around as though they were a ragdoll," the affidavit states.
Collum then puts the infant in a bouncer and bounces it hard enough to cause the child's head and shoulders to be thrown forward several inches and then backward into the backrest repeatedly, the affidavit continues.
The report goes on to describe several ways in which Collum aggressively bounces the infant in the bouncer and on her lap by using her hands and feet.
In one instance, Collum is seen picking the child up then slamming them back down into the bouncer "so hard that the chair and the back of the child's head appear to strike the concrete floor."
At one point, the child becomes unresponsive and Collum takes the child to the daycare director who called EMS.
Doctors found the child had a subdural hematoma in the left frontal subdural as well as inter-retinal and pre-retinal hemorrhages in both eyes, according to the affidavit.
A doctor who watched the video said the injuries were consistent with what Collum is seen doing in the video.
Several parents are left questioning the facility and its process of hiring employees.
Brandy Jernigan has a 16-month-old son currently at Ignite Learning Academy and says kids have already gotten pulled out. She feels comfortable leaving her son at the facility and says just because there's one bad teacher doesn't mean the entire facility is bad.
"I know from experience working in a daycare that stuff does happen, and you can't control it," Jernigan said. "Even though they had cameras and people watching, you can't control how people handle stress, so, yeah, it's scary, but I trust them with my kid wholeheartedly. The teachers that he has are amazing, they wouldn't do anything to hurt him. That's the only daycare he actually loves and is actually comfortable with."
Temple Police say an investigation into the case is active. Families can contact Detective Corporal Goodson at 254-298-5009 or email ggoodson@templetx.gov if they have any information they believe is pertinent to this case or any case that may be related.
6 News checked state records and found the facility received its full permit in April of 2024. In their August inspection, they had three citations that were all corrected.
Our team also checked in with Texas Health and Human Services as well as the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Both entities say details about abuse and neglect are confidential.
Organizations encourage families to do their research.
The TXChildcareSearch.org website allows people to search for childcare centers and childcare homes in Texas, view the past five years of compliance history for each operation, and read about the different types of childcare operations in Texas.
You should also check out a daycare beforehand and observe their interactions with children.
When interviewing a potential care giver, ask about their state permit and last inspection, what experience and training do members have in caring for children and how they discipline them.