thebooblady
May 10th, 2009, 12:05 AM
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/119803/
According to the criminal complaint, Hjelle called a St. Louis County child care licensor Wednesday and reported that she had slapped the child on the cheek causing a mark to remain. She said the boy was fussy and crying during his nap time and she “lost it.”
A St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office investigator went to the hospital where the parents of the boy had taken the victim. The investigator spotted several black-and-blue bruises to the boy’s face, as well as deep and distinct bruising on his right cheek and the right side of his forehead, along with the upper and lower cheeks. The child also had a deep red bruise to the upper inside portion of his right ear and scratches and bruising to his left cheek bone, just below the eye, and a 3- to 4-inch-long, deep red bruise along the left side of his neck, the complaint said.
According to the complaint, Hjelle said she was in shock and disbelief that she had hit the boy as hard as she did. She estimated that she used about 60 percent of her power.
The investigator said Hjelle said she only struck the boy once, but seemed somewhat unsure as to if that was truly the case. She said she covered the boy’s mouth slightly to try to stop him from yelling and also had pinched him on his neck while turning him over. She said she might have grabbed him by the neck.
When asked if she had any idea why the incident happened, Hjelle allegedly told the investigator that she believed she had not bonded with the boy as she had with other children she cares for because she saw him only two days a week and not five days like the other kids.(umm.nice excuse)
According to the criminal complaint, Hjelle called a St. Louis County child care licensor Wednesday and reported that she had slapped the child on the cheek causing a mark to remain. She said the boy was fussy and crying during his nap time and she “lost it.”
A St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office investigator went to the hospital where the parents of the boy had taken the victim. The investigator spotted several black-and-blue bruises to the boy’s face, as well as deep and distinct bruising on his right cheek and the right side of his forehead, along with the upper and lower cheeks. The child also had a deep red bruise to the upper inside portion of his right ear and scratches and bruising to his left cheek bone, just below the eye, and a 3- to 4-inch-long, deep red bruise along the left side of his neck, the complaint said.
According to the complaint, Hjelle said she was in shock and disbelief that she had hit the boy as hard as she did. She estimated that she used about 60 percent of her power.
The investigator said Hjelle said she only struck the boy once, but seemed somewhat unsure as to if that was truly the case. She said she covered the boy’s mouth slightly to try to stop him from yelling and also had pinched him on his neck while turning him over. She said she might have grabbed him by the neck.
When asked if she had any idea why the incident happened, Hjelle allegedly told the investigator that she believed she had not bonded with the boy as she had with other children she cares for because she saw him only two days a week and not five days like the other kids.(umm.nice excuse)