Mother Charged For Beating Son With Cord
MIAMI - (CBS4) - A 19-year-old mother faced accusations that she struck her son with a cord leaving him with several open wounds.
Stephanie Joseph was ordered held on $50,000 bond Tuesday for allegedly beating him with such force that it left several wounds on the boy's body.
Police say that on Sunday afternoon, Joseph allegedly struck her child. Police were called to the home about 4 p.m. on the 7600 block of 3rd Court in Miami about a possible child abuse.
Police questioned Joseph and she spontaneously told police that she "whipped him because of his behavior."
The judge also ordered her to stay away from her son. Joseph was charged with aggravated child abuse with great bodily harm.
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