Woman Charged After Video Emerges Of Force Feeding Baby
SANDUSKY (WWJ/AP) - A Michigan woman is facing misdemeanor charges after authorities say they reviewed a YouTube video that showed her forcing her 2-year-old son to eat.
Jacqueline Ann-Marie Caiger, a 21-year-old from St. Clair County's Kimball Township, near Port Huron, was arraigned Tuesday in Sanilac County 73rd District Court in Sandusky. She's charged with fourth-degree child abuse and domestic violence. The woman reportedly has three children, 5, 2, and 1.
The court said Wednesday that she didn't have a lawyer on record. She's due back in court March 12.
Sheriff Garry Biniecki tells the Times Herald of Port Huron the video was recorded around Christmas at a home in Sanilac County's Bridgehampton Township. He says the video shows her forcing the boy to eat.
Biniecki says authorities found out about the video in January after an inquiry from a Detroit-area news agency.
A woman had contacted WWJ Newsradio 950 in late January about the incident, revealing a YouTube video that showed a small child wailing while he was forcibly fed and screamed at by a woman while a man sat at the table. The video was later pulled by YouTube for violating its terms of service.
A photo still of the video is attached.
"I came across this disturbing video on facebook and wanna help this child somehow from being abused anymore than he already is he is from Michigan Yale ... Please help this child!!!" a Fort Gratiot woman wrote to WWJ when she submitted the video.
