Day Care Owner Gets 6 Years for Hiding 26 Children in Basement

Day Care Owner Gets 6 Years for Hiding 26 Children in Basement
Carla Faith, in an undated file photo. El Paso County Sheriff's Office via AP
The Associated Press
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A Colorado daycare owner convicted of keeping 26 children hidden in the basement of her business two years ago has been sentenced to six years in prison after parents said some of the children suffered trauma including sleeping problems and anxiety.

A judge issued the sentence to Carla Faith on Thursday following her conviction by a jury in August of more than two dozen misdemeanor child abuse charges and other crimes.