Lake City daycare worker sentenced to 20 years in prison after infant suffers skull fracture, brain injuries

A former Lake City daycare worker has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for aggravated child abuse, according to Columbia County Court records. Alyssa Thompson, 30, of Lake City, was arrested in May.Surveillance footage captured multiple instances of alleged abuse involving an infant in her care, according to her arrest report.According to court records, she was sentenced on October 19, with credit for 5 months and 16 days time served. (Content warning - The report contains graphic details about alleged child abuse.)Investigators say the abuse occurred at Wee Care Too, a daycare on NW Gwen Lake Ave in Lake City. According to the arrest report, the incidents came to light on April 20, after an infant in the facility’s care suffered a medical episode involving seizures, lethargy and fever.Police say the infant was transported to HCA Florida Lake City Hospital, where she began having seizures, and was then transferred to a pediatrics hospital in Gainesville. The daycare’s director revi