Bank Accused Of Changing Locks On Foreclosed Child Care Center, Forcing Locked-Out Young Kids To Wait In Cold Until Fire Department Showed Up

In Elkins, Arkansas, KHBS-TV Channel 40/29 reports:

• Sheri, the owner of an Elkins childcare facility said Arvest Bank changed the locks on her foreclosed building without giving her notice, forcing children to wait outside in the cold. "We didn't know the date last week when it foreclosed," said England.

• England said the children had to stand outside in the cold for some time before the Elkins Fire Department let them wait at the station next door until a locksmith let her and the children back into the building.

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• Parent Mecca Pennington said she was angry at Arvest Bank for locking the children out of the building. "I was furious. Just the fact that someone will do that knowingly, knowing that there's 20 plus children going there, and there was no where for them to go," Pennington said.

For more, see Parents Angry After Bank Locks Children Out Of Foreclosed Child Care Center.