Jennifer Ann Garrett remains free on bond after police said video showed her physically manipulating two 2-year-old girls during the alleged incident.
HUBBARD, Texas — A Central Texas day care owner has been charged with injury to a child after police alleged she forced one 2-year-old girl to bite another girl of the same age on the arm during an incident captured on video at the facility.
Jennifer Ann Garrett, owner of Gracious Beginnings Day Care in Hubbard, was arrested Sept. 15 on a third-degree felony charge, according to local reporting and court records reviewed by news organizations. She was later released on bond. The alleged incident occurred Aug. 26 on the day care’s playground, and investigators relied on video evidence while seeking Garrett’s arrest. The arrest affidavit did not describe what injury, if any, resulted from the bite.
According to the arrest affidavit reported by KWTX, investigators alleged Garrett took one child’s right arm while placing her other hand behind the second girl’s head. Police said Garrett then moved the second child’s head toward the first child’s raised arm. The affidavit alleges Garrett held the first girl’s arm in place as the other toddler bit her between the wrist and elbow.
Investigators further alleged that Garrett released her hand from the second toddler’s head after the bite. The affidavit said the girl who had been made to bite the other child then pulled her head back and appeared upset. Garrett allegedly continued holding the other girl’s arm before walking her to another part of the playground. The children have not been publicly identified, and their names are being withheld because they are minors.
The affidavit does not provide a description of a resulting wound or state whether the child required medical treatment. That leaves the extent of any physical injury unclear in the publicly reported court record. Authorities have nevertheless charged Garrett with injury to a child, which under Texas law can apply when a person intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence causes bodily injury to a child, depending on the circumstances and level of the alleged conduct.
Hill County District Attorney Mark Pratt told KWTX that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services also is investigating the incident. Publicly available reporting had not disclosed the findings of that separate investigation or whether the state had taken licensing action against Gracious Beginnings Day Care. No additional charges tied to the Aug. 26 incident had been announced in the reports reviewed.
Garrett faces a third-degree felony count of injury to a child. Texas law provides a prison term of two to 10 years for a person convicted of a third-degree felony, along with a possible fine of up to $10,000. The maximum sentence cited in initial news reports therefore represents the top of the statutory range, not a sentence that has already been imposed or guaranteed if there is a conviction.
Garrett remains free on bond as the criminal case proceeds. The charge is an allegation, and guilt has not been established. The reports reviewed did not identify a plea, trial date or final disposition in the case, and authorities had not publicly released further details about the children’s conditions or the outcome of the state child-care investigation.
Author note: Last updated September 22, 2026.