'Don't play with me!': Mom had boyfriend beat 10-year-old with boxing gloves as punishment, police say

A 31-year-old parent successful Minnesota is accused of helping her fellow brutally beat her 10-year-old girl by having him repeatedly pummel the kid portion wearing lightly padded boxing gloves.

Amber Lynn Raymond was taken into custody and charged with kid endangerment, kid neglect, and malicious punishment of a child, tribunal documents show.

According to a probable origin affidavit, officers with the Maplewood Police Department connected Feb. 1 received a study regarding a "disturbing video" supposedly showing a antheral "repeatedly punching" a 10-year-old miss astatine a location successful the 300 artifact of Dorland Drive, which is astir 15 miles eastbound of Minneapolis. The idiosyncratic who notified constabulary to the footage identified the antheral successful the video arsenic Raymond's 25-year-old live-in boyfriend.

Police obtained a transcript of the video, which allegedly showed the fellow participate the 10-year-old's country wearing "a disguise and lightweight boxing gloves" that did "not look to person a batch of padding."

"With a afloat extended close arm, [the boyfriend] punched the kid successful the country of her close shoulder," the affidavit says. "He instantly punched her again with his near fist successful the buttocks and instantly again hits her with his close fist successful the close arm."

As the unfortunate yelled "No!" and "Ow!" the fellow allegedly responded by screaming, "That's for slamming your sister's digit successful the door, you perceive me?"

The fellow allegedly deed the miss successful the backmost of the head, forcing her to retreat to the backmost of the country and propulsion a broad implicit her head. He past deed her respective much times successful the look portion repeatedly asking if she "heard him."

"We are clear, slam her manus successful the doorway again n— and I'll beryllium implicit here, are we clear?" helium allegedly said. "Are we clear? I don't perceive you large enough, accidental it louder n—, don't play with maine bro, you're fortunate I bushed your a— similar that with gloves connected n—, with carnal fists close your a— would person been f—ed up!"

The fellow allegedly deed the kid 1 much clip successful the ribs earlier leaving the room.

Police executing a hunt warrant connected the location said the archetypal level of the location was successful "complete disarray with carnal fecal substance littering the level throughout" and urine stains disposable connected the tiles. The room was filled with soiled dishes and rotting nutrient with officers noting that the refrigerator had a fastener connected the door.

"The apical level of the location besides had carnal feces and aggregate dark, bedewed spots connected the carpet," the affidavit states. "Garbage and covering was littered everywhere. The toilet connected the apical level was not functional and contained a heap of quality feces and urine. The bath closet contained further carnal feces connected the level and a container with feces was connected a closet shelf. An unfastened instrumentality of Enfamil babe look was connected the bath antagonistic adjacent to the toilet."

The location was besides allegedly filled with intoxicant bottles and what appeared to beryllium cause paraphernalia.

In an interrogation with detectives, Raymond "acknowledged consciousness of the assault" connected her daughter, saying "she was contiguous and witnessed it," the affidavit said. The parent allegedly said she had asked her fellow for assistance with disciplining the child, specifically stating that "she asked [the boyfriend] to battle [the victim]."

"She besides acknowledged she helped [her boyfriend] with the program to battle [the victim]," the papers states. "Raymond said [her boyfriend] did not battle [the victim] to wounded her. The gloves were utilized due to the fact that they were playing astir and boxing."

Raymond remains successful the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center and is presently scheduled to look successful tribunal for an omnibus proceeding connected Feb. 26.

Police did not instantly respond to an enquiry from Law&Crime regarding imaginable charges against the boyfriend, who, based connected jail records, does not look to person been arrested.