Ms. Jessica Rene Tata, 22, operator of a home day care facility called
Jackie's Child Care; located on 2810 Crest Park, West Houston, is
alleged to have fled to Nigeria in her bid to avoid prosecution.
At her
arraignment on Monday, Jessica Rene Tata who has a warrant for her
arrest, and a bail bond set at $500,000, was a no show. According to
Harrison County District Court Document obtained by huhuonline.com, the
charge against her reads: 'JESSICA TATA hereafter styled the Defendant,
heretofore on , did then and there
unlawfully recklessly cause serious bodily injury to SHOMARI
DICKERSON,herafter styled the complainant, a child younger than fifteen
years of age, by leaving the leaving the complainant without adult
supervision in a building with an engaged heat source'.
It's not clear if Jessica Rene Tata, will face additional charges.
Huhuonline.com understands that last Thursday, Jessica Tata left seven
infants unattended, unsupervised and went to a grocery store in her
neighborhood, when the fire broke. Fire fighters rescued the children
from the burning building, but three of them have since died at the
hospital, while four other children are still receiving treatment.
Our checks reveal that Under US laws, it is generally considered unsafe to leave children under the age of eleven home alone.
In the word of eyewitnesses (John Chestnut and Geoffrey Deshano), 'they
saw Jessica Tata pull into the driveway at 2810 Crest Park on February
24 th , 2011 and go to the front door. The witnesses stated that within
seconds of her arrival at the day care, Jessica was heard screaming and
they saw smoke coming from inside the building. John Chesnut Called 911,
while Geoffrey Deshano tried to assist Jessica Tata.
According to the court affidavit, 'Both witnesses stated that it only
took them a few seconds to arrive at the fire scene, and they both
stated that they saw no adults or employees of the daycare either inside
the building or running out of the building other than Jessica Tata
(Defendant). It appeared to them that the defendant was the only adult
at the daycare'.
However, authorities in Houston have asked
the U.S. Marshal's Office to intervene to have Jessica Tata extradited
back to Houston.
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