A daycare facility owned by the wife of a man accused of having sexually explicit photos of young children on his cellphone, many of them clients at a day care operated by his wife, will have to close its doors.
Late Tuesday, the California Department of Social Services (DSS) suspended the license for Kid’s Castle Day Care on Matinal Road in Rancho Bernardo for “failing to provide a safe environment,” according to the formal complaint.
The order states that Abdullah Sediqi “touched a child in care’s genital area with his hand, and took photographs of this act while at the facility; took photographs of at least four children in care’s vaginal areas while at the facility; took photographs under the skirt of children in care while at the facility.”
It also states that Katrien Sediqi failed to report her husband’s arrest for “child pornography and lewd and lascivious conduct.” Read the full complaint here.
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According to Michael Weston of DSS, the order is also seeking to revoke the licensing of the facility and also prohibits Katrien Sediqi, Abdullah Sediqi and Roin Sediqi from employment in, presence in, and contact with clients of, any facility licensed by the Department for the remainder of their lives.
All three can appeal this order and request a hearing before an administrative law judge.
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DSS also gave NBC 7 Investigates the licensing records for the facility, which you can read by clicking here.
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In November 2013, a pre-licensing visit determined that all adults living in the home passed their criminal background checks.
In August 2014, DSS gave the facility 4 minor citations, which were corrected by the end of that month. Read the full story here.
Abdullah Sediqi was arrested on June 13 in Escondido for allegedly attempting to take up-skirt photos of women. He posted bail and was released from custody.
As part of the investigation, police said Abdullah Sediqi's cellphone was found to contain more than 6,000 photographs, including some "very graphic and disturbing" images of children.
Abdullah Sediqi was arrested again on June 16. He pleaded not guilty to 13 charges, including lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and lewd disorderly conduct.
Relative Roin was also named in the complaint because of allegations he had 14 grams of cocaine in his possession and it was accessible to children at the daycare.
At Abdullah's arraignment Friday, where a judge set bail at $3 million, initial details of the alleged crimes emerged.
Abdullah pleaded not guilty to 13 charges, including lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and lewd disorderly conduct. Graphic details of the crimes he's accused of were revealed at his arraignment.
"A third victim, he was laying on his bare chest in clearly what is his bedroom, and clearly at one point, he is kissing her," said Deputy District Attorney Claudia Grasso. "A fourth victim, again he has her posed with her little shirt over her head and the camera is focusing on her chest and abdomen."
Nine of the 13 counts against the suspect are felonies, including charges of child abuse, child molestation and manufacturing pornography.
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