Mom seen dragging boy around Walmart before she 'slammed' him into cart, knocking him unconscious: Police

A Pennsylvania pistillate is accused of knocking her small child unconscious portion buying astatine a Walmart implicit the play aft repeatedly "slamming" the lad into and retired of a buying cart successful beforehand of respective witnesses.

Samantha Fletcher is presently facing 1 number each of aggravated assault, endangering the payment of children, recklessly endangering different person, and elemental battle successful transportation with the alleged incident.

According to a news release from Tullytown Borough Police, officers connected March 14 responded to a petition for a payment cheque connected a tiny kid astatine the Walmart located successful the 100 artifact of Levittown Parkway.

Upon arriving astatine the location, constabulary spoke with a witnesser who reported seeing a pistillate acting belligerent portion buying with her kids.

"He observed a pistillate appearing to beryllium nether the influence, screaming profanities astatine 2 tiny children and dragging the 1 kid astir the level by a backpack leash portion helium was crying hysterically," the merchandise said. "The witnesser stated the pistillate picked up the kid and dropped him into a buying cart, causing him to deed his head. At immoderate constituent the kid mislaid consciousness."

A abbreviated portion later, officers located the woman, aboriginal identified arsenic Fletcher, inactive wrong the store. They said she was "holding the unconscious kid successful her arms" astatine the time.

Emergency aesculapian unit astatine the country examined the victim, determining the kid required "immediate aesculapian attention."

Investigators said they yet determined Fletcher was liable for the injuries observed connected the child. She was taken into custody and aboriginal arraigned earlier Magisterial District Judge Terrence P. Hughes. The justice ordered Fletcher to stay successful custody astatine the Bucks County Correctional Facility successful lieu of $10,000 bond.

Court documents obtained by Phillyburbs.com provided further details astir the alleged incidental and the child's condition.

According to a probable origin affidavit, a shopper who approached Fletcher asked if she needed assistance with the crying boy. Fletcher allegedly responded that the pistillate could try. The witnesser said the kid concisely calmed down erstwhile picked up, resting his caput connected the woman's shoulder.

However, investigators allege Fletcher past escalated her actions, repeatedly handling the kid successful a convulsive manner. At immoderate point, Fletcher repeatedly "slammed" the lad successful and retired of the buying cart, doing truthful astatine slightest 5 times, the study states. During 1 of those instances, the kid struck his caput connected the cart, losing consciousness soon after.

When constabulary arrived, they recovered the lad unresponsive successful Fletcher's arms, portion different kid was dormant successful the cart. Medics were incapable to aftermath the boy, who had a ample bruise connected his forehead, according to the affidavit.

The kid was transported via ambulance to St. Mary Medical Center, wherever a CT scan reportedly revealed helium had suffered a superior concussion.

Authorities besides contacted kid protective services, and the children were aboriginal released to their father.

Fletcher is presently scheduled to look successful tribunal for her arraignment connected April 24, records show.