Delray Day Care Owners Fined In Child's Death

DELRAY BEACH (CBS4) - The owners of a Delray Beach day care center where a two-year old died have agreed to pay thousands in fines for violating four day care facility regulations.

Kathryn Muhammad and Barbara Dilthey will pay $500 for each violation for a total of $2,000, the maximum amount allowed by the Palm Beach County Health Department, according to the Sun-Sentinel.

According to police reports, Haile Brockington, 2, was strapped to a safety seat in the Katie's Kids Learning Center van on August 5 for more than seven hours as the afternoon temperatures soared into the 90s..

Former day care center employee Amanda Inman was charged aggravated manslaughter in Brockington's death. Police say Inman was driving the van that day and did not check to make sure all of the children had safely gotten out of the van.

The center's director Petra Rodriguez-Perez, 45, was also charged with aggravated manslaughter after a police investigation revealed that she and Inman signed transportation, attendance and meal logs that day all indicating that Brockington had attended the day care that day.

In addition to the county fines, Muhammad and Dilthey also face a lawsuit filed by Brockington's family.

Source: The Sun-Sentinel