Sunday, October 15, 2006

Mother punches 1-year-old in stomach

Mom charges in assault of girl, 1
Toledo Blade, Oct. 10, 2006, News pg. B3.

A Toledo mother was charged yesterday with shaking her 1-year-old daughter and punching her in the stomach inside the Goodwill store in downtown Toledo.

Chantelle Griffin, 32, of Fitchland Avenue, was summoned to appear in Toledo Municipal Court on a misdemeanor child-abuse charge. Police took her and her daughter to Lucas County Children Services.

The agency determined that substitute care, either with a relative or in foster care if no appropriate relative is found, was best for the child, spokesman Rod Brandt said.

The incident occurred about 2:20 p.m. inside the store at Cherry and Erie streets. Ms. Griffin was found a short time later at the TARTA bus station across from Government Center.

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