A Connecticut woman, who is also a teacher at Waterbury Public Schools, is accused of leaving her two children home alone over a November weekend so she could vacation with her boyfriend in Florida.
36-year-old Kerry Lyn Caviasca has been charged with two counts of risk of injury to a minor and two counts of reckless endangerment in the second degree.
According to an arrest warrant, Caviasca left her two children, both under the age of 12, home alone for two nights while she flew to Florida with her boyfriend. Caviasca texted her children to remain in the basement and not to go to school while she was gone.
“Just eat candy, I’m sorry,” Caviasca texted her children.
According to the affidavit, Caviasca admitted that she went to Florida but claimed that her brother was at the home watching the kids.
“Waterbury Public Schools has been informed of a pending allegation regarding a Waterbury Public School staff member,” according to a statement from Waterbury Public Schools. “The alleged actions do not represent the values of our district. The teacher has been placed on leave while the district conducts an investigation.“
The children’s father told investigators that he became suspicious when he couldn’t get a hold of his children by phone. A trip to the house to check on the kids was unsuccessful in reaching the kids.
The children’s father checked one of the kid’s cell phones in January and discovered several dozen text messages between Caviasca and her kids from that weekend, which police say implied that Caviasca was “adamant” that they stay in the basement.
In one of the texts from the children, the child says, “Can I pee,” Caviasca replied, “Quick no lights.” After one of the children wrote, “I’m sad I put my batteries upstairs,” Caviasca suggested that the child could go upstairs “super fast,” but noted, “stay low so no one sees you and fast.”
Police interviewed the children, and one of the kids told investigators that “they were left snacks to eat and Uber Eats was ordered for them” and they were told, “not to go upstairs and to stay in the basement.”
According to the Watertown Police Department, Caviasca was arrested on Jan. 15 and released on a $5,000 bond.
Caviasca is scheduled to be arraigned on Jan. 25, 2022.
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