Kendra Nichole Sprouse
35-year-old Kendra Nichole Sprouse is charged with felony counts of indecent liberties with a child and dissemination of obscene material to a juvenile under 13 years of age, along with a misdemeanor count of dissemination of harmful material to a minor.
Events leading to Sprouse’s arrest began on October 10 when the Burke County Sheriff’s Office took a report regarding the alleged dissemination of obscene material by a YMCA daycare employee. The alleged incident took place at W.A. Young Elementary School on Conley Road after students from Salem Elementary School and W.A. Young Elementary School were combined at W.A. Young.
Sprouse was assigned at Salem Elementary School as a Y.M.C.A. employee. All parents and guardians of children who may have been exposed during the incident have been contacted.
Sprouse has been released from custody under a secured bond of $10,000. An appearance in District Court was set for October 27 in Morganton.
Ralph Mangum-WHKY contributed to this story