Second Daycare Worker Charged With Child Abuse

(WPXI) CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A second worker has been charged with abusing children at a local daycare. Charges were filed against Richa Gupte, 38, an assistant group supervisor at Allie Alligator Learning Center off Commerce Park Drive in Cranberry Township. Investigators say she broke a 2-year-old’s elbow in early June. According to the police report, the child was reaching for a toy when Gupte forcefully pulled on the child’s arm. About a month earlier, police arrested 26-year-old Joshua Branstetter. They said he pushed a 3-year-old’s face into a bed frame during nap time, causing swelling to the child’s head. Gupte is set to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on August 29, and Branstetter’s hearing is set for August 15.