AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- An employee at the Sunshine Kids Corner daycare facility in Amsterdam was arrested for an alleged assault on Tuesday. Jennifer Pessolano, 51, of Canajoharie, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree assault.

Pessolano is alleged to have dragged a child across a carpet floor, leaving the child with abrasions, per the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. Deputies received a complaint from the child's parents when the child came home from the daycare facility.

After what the sheriff's office called a "lengthy investigation," Pessolano was arrested, processed, and released with an appearance ticket to appear in the Town of Amsterdam Court at a later date.

NEWS10 has reached out to the Sunshine Kids Corner daycare facility for comment an

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