Daycare Worker Admits to Molesting 23 Children

By Rachel Quigley, DAILY MAIL

Credit: Canyon County Sheriff's Office

Joshua Ritchie booking photo

September 6, 2012 Updated Sep 6, 2012 at 11:24 AM PDT

A 23-year-old daycare worker from Idaho has confessed to sexually abusing 23 children.

Joshua Ritchie is charged with lewd conduct with a child and is being held on $2.5 million bond. Ritchie was arrested on August 21 after a five-year-old boy reportedly told his parents that he was sexually abused.

Ritchie worked at Cornerstone Childcare in Nampa about 20 miles outside of Boise and was also a kitchen staff substitute for the Nampa School District and at the Idaho Arts Charter School.

Prosecutors told Judge Brian Lee during a hearing on Wednesday that Ritchie told investigators he's sexually abused 23 kids between the ages of five and 12.

He is also accused of abusing some members of his family.

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