Hiram Home Day Care Owner Facing Additional Assault Charges

HIRAM, GA — Goldia Marie Lipsky, the owner of a home day care who was previously accused of assaulting five children, was arrested a second time Wednesday after video evidence showed that more children had been abused at her home, the Paulding County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Patch.

Lipsky, 63, operated Reach for the Sky Academy at Mill Creek Lane, authorities said.

She was first arrested on Jan. 25 after being accused of assaulting five children on Jan. 12. Authorities were anonymously tipped off by a person who showed them video evidence of the assaults, they said.

She was charged on suspicion of one count of aggravated assault, two counts of first degree cruelty to children and five counts of third degree cruelty to children, authorities said.

Lipsky posted bond and was released from the Paulding County Jail on Jan. 27. Additional video evidence prompted a search warrant to be executed at her home, authorities said.

Footage from her interior home surveillance camera showed "additional acts of abuse against multiple children over the course of a seven-day period," authorities said.

Lipsky was charged on suspicion of 17 counts of first-degree cruelty to children. She is being held in the Paulding County Jail without bond.

Detectives are working to know if there were any other victims, authorities said.

"As this investigation progresses, we expect that more charges could be filed against Lipsky," authorities said.