A Treasure Coast preschool worker is charged with child abuse for allegedly striking a child in the head with a shoe.
The Indian River County Sheriff's Office says 25-year old Olivia Tyree was caught on surveillance video at World Class Academy in Vero Beach pulling off her Croc-style shoe.
She's then accused of raising it and reaching back "as if she is going to hammer a nail, and full force" struck the child on the top of the head. Investigators say Tyree then grabbed the child by the arm and tossed them onto the ground and onto a bed.
The woman claims she didn't strike the child and was trying to scare them.
Tyree was released on bond on the condition that she not work for any child care facility.
Authorities have not said the age or sex of the child. DCF has been notified.