‘Heartless’ day care center teacher charged shoving four-year-old girl to the ground

‘Heartless’ day care center teacher is charged with assault after he is caught on camera aggressively shoving a four-year-old girl to the ground

  • James Ciolino was captured on a classroom surveillance camera pushing one of his students to the ground at an Ohio day care center
  • Another employee, Jennifer Miller, was seen watching on before leaving the room
  • Both Ciolino and Miller have been fired from the center; they have both been charged in relation to the incident   


A teacher at an Ohio day care center has been charged with assault after he was caught on camera shoving a four-year-old student to the ground. 

James Ciolino, an educator at the Wilde Kingdom Early Learning Center in Fairfield, Ohio, aggressively pushed the little girl during a class conducted on June 21. 

Video of the incident was published by LOCAL 12 earlier this week in light of the assault charge being filed.

The disturbing clip, captured by a classroom surveillance camera, shows the unnamed girl being brought into Ciolino’s classroom by another employee, identified as Jennifer Miller. 

ames Ciolino, an educator at the Wilde Kingdom Early Learning Center in Fairfield, Ohio, aggressively pushed the little girl during a class conducted on June 21

Ciolino, who is reportedly 6-feet tall and about 315 pounds, then suddenly shoves the victim, immediately sending her to the floor. 

‘Get out of here,’ Ciolino is heard telling her before he goes back to an activity with other students in his class. 

Miller is seen watching the incident before closing the door and leaving the scene. 

Both Ciolino and Miller were fired by the center’s director, Lisa McMillion, when she later discovered the footage. 

She also contacted police, leading Ciolino’s assault charge. Miller has been slapped with a child endangerment charge. 

‘The video itself has all the truth it needs in it. So as soon as you watch that or as soon as you see that, you know immediately what has to be done,’ McMillion told LOCAL 12. 

 ‘You just know something is not right with that cry. As a mom, you know when something is not right. And as a director, I know all of those children and I know how they cry.’ 

Both Ciolino and Miller were fired by the center's director, Lisa McMillion, when she later discovered the footage

Both Ciolino and Miller were fired by the center’s director, Lisa McMillion, when she later discovered the footage

The girl’s name is being withheld for privacy reasons, but her mother, Ernestine Pumah, spoke with LOCAL 12. 

‘The guy just pushed her away like an animal,’ the heartbroken mom stated.

‘A little baby who knows nothing, who all she knows in life is to play, eat and sleep. You push her down on her chest and she’s lying down crying, and you are still doing what you were doing? What a heartless man.’ 

 Ciolino and Miller have both pleaded not guilty and are set to go to trial in December. 

The girl's mother, Ernestine Pumah, spoke with LOCAL 12.

The girl’s mother, Ernestine Pumah, spoke with LOCAL 12.

The incident occurred at the Wilde Kingdom Early Learning Center in Ohio

The incident occurred at the Wilde Kingdom Early Learning Center in Ohio 

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