Published: June 12, 2009
Updated: 06/12/2009 10:06 pm
A 5-year-old boy was sexually battered while at a family day care, Sarasota County deputies say.
The incident occurred in October at Sandy's Family Childcare, a private residential childcare facility in the 4000 block of Vana Drive in Sarasota, deputies say.
They arrested Mark Dungan-Carpenter, 21, on a charge of sexual battery of a child under the age of 12. Carpenter is the biological grandson and adopted son of the business' owner, Sandra Dugan-Carpenter.
Mark Dungan-Carpenter, who lives at the daycare residence, isn't listed as an employee but does occasionally receive money to watch the children, deputies say.
Deputies are working with the Department of Children & Families, which is investigating the childcare business itself.
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