Mom Turns Herself In Amid Accusations She Abused Girl At Car Wash
Posted: 5:06 pm EST March 6, 2008Updated: 5:59 pm EST March 6, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- The mother of a little girl, who was sprayed with a high-pressure car wash hose, turned herself into police Thursday afternoon. Investigators are not releasing the mother's name and she has not been charged.
SLIDESHOW: Images From The Surveillance Video
RAW SURVEILLANCE: Child Sprayed With Hose At Car Wash
The mother said she actually saw the surveillance video of the incident on television herself. It's the media coverage of the alleged abuse that prompted her to decide her best bet was to turn herself in.Late Thursday afternoon, detectives began interviewing the woman and doctors were examining the 2-year-old girl.The sheriff's office commented on the case around 4:30pm Thursday, saying the woman was using the pressure washer for discipline at the Magical Car Wash on Bloomfield Drive in Orlando."She indicated to the detective that the child had a temper tantrum and she used the pressure washer to punish the child or, in her words, to calm the child down," explained Sgt. John Allen, Orange County Sheriff's Office.The little girl apparently showed no signs of physical injury and seemed to be doing okay, but the Department of Children and Families is investigating. The mother told a detective she is five months pregnant with her second child.
SLIDESHOW: Images From The Surveillance VideoRAW SURVEILLANCE: Child Sprayed With Hose At Car WashThe mother said she actually saw the surveillance video of the incident on television herself. It's the media coverage of the alleged abuse that prompted her to decide her best bet was to turn herself in.Late Thursday afternoon, detectives began interviewing the woman and doctors were examining the 2-year-old girl.The sheriff's office commented on the case around 4:30pm Thursday, saying the woman was using the pressure washer for discipline at the Magical Car Wash on Bloomfield Drive in Orlando."She indicated to the detective that the child had a temper tantrum and she used the pressure washer to punish the child or, in her words, to calm the child down," explained Sgt. John Allen, Orange County Sheriff's Office.The little girl apparently showed no signs of physical injury and seemed to be doing okay, but the Department of Children and Families is investigating. The mother told a detective she is five months pregnant with her second child.
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