Polverigi (Ancona), July 24, 2026 – The mayor of Polverigi, Daniele Carnevali, learned this morning from the carabinieri what had happened in the town where two kindergarten teachers were placed under house arrest for mistreatment. “We received the news this morning when we were notified by the carabinieri regarding the issuance of precautionary measures,” he said incredulously. “Initially, the act did not specify the details of the crimes, which later emerged with the order from the preliminary investigation judge of Ancona. No complaints ever emerged from anyone, on the contrary. I also sent my children there in the past; both attended that facility.” “We never received any complaints.”
Slaps, pinches and humiliations
Taking off their hats even in the sun, locking them in dark bathrooms for a few minutes or forcing them to hit themselves on the head, slaps, pinches and hair pulling, as well as humiliating punishments such as forcibly removing their shoes, making the children walk barefoot.
The mistreatment inflicted on the young guests by the two educators
These are some of the mistreatments that two educators from Polverigi, a school that includes a nursery and kindergarten, allegedly inflicted on children between 3 and 6 years old entrusted to them, according to the reconstruction by the Carabinieri of Agugliano, Loreto, and the Operational and Radiomobile Unit of Osimo. They were placed under house arrest with a precautionary custody order issued by the Gip of Ancona at the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the end of the investigation.
Abandonment of minors also among the alleged crimes
Among the alleged crimes is also the abandonment of minors: despite having the duty to custody and care for minors, they would have abandoned them, leaving them in the garden, totally unsupervised for several minutes. The Gip, in evaluating the serious indications of guilt, found “a systematic unlawful conduct by the investigated parties, incompatible with the role of educators of children still at a tender age, in a framework of violence, beatings, humiliations and threats and in a context of scarce attention or blatant disinterest towards the minors entrusted to the investigated parties.” Maximum indignation among groups of mothers and fathers who are also organizing online for a silent demonstration with their children.
