Grand jury indicts unlicensed Parma daycare provider on additional charges

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cuyahoga County Grand Jury indicted an unlicensed Parma daycare provider on additional criminal charges.

Jeremy Bahner, 39, is now facing 10 charges of gross sexual imposition, four counts of rape, one count of endangering children, one count of possessing criminal tools, and one count of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material.

Bahner was arrested by Parma police officers on May 31, 2023.

According to court documents, the alleged incidents happened in January 2018 and December 2022.

Bahner is well-known in the neighborhood, according to police, where parents would allow children to visit his home to swim in the pool in his backyard located in the 6800 block of Dartworth Dr.

He is scheduled to be arraigned on the new charges on Feb. 2 in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.