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A New Jersey mom has been arrested on baby abuse costs after she allegedly compelled her baby to put on a canine shock collar, in keeping with experiences.
Kimberly Cruz-Feliciano, 30, from Cape Might, N.J., was arrested alongside along with her mom Sonia Feliciano, 59, after her baby arrived in school with “seen marks on their physique” on March 17, authorities introduced on Friday, March 21, per native information outlet Every day Voice, WPVI and NBC10 Philadelphia.
Investigators decided that the accidents got here from an electrical canine shock collar that belonged to the household’s lifeless canine, in keeping with the retailers.
The kid was found to have worn the collar “always within the dwelling,” in keeping with a felony grievance, per WPVI. The sufferer informed police that the collar “was stored in a bed room” together with different objects belonging to the canine and was “charged repeatedly” after the canine died, in keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by the retailers.
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The kid was threatened with extra violence by the mom in the event that they informed anybody in regards to the abuse, the Cape Might County Prosecutor’s Workplace stated, per WPVI.
The CMCPO Particular Victims Unit and Cape Might Metropolis Police Division carried out a joint investigation on the mom and grandmother resulting in the pair’s arrest.
The mom was charged with two second-degree counts of aggravated assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of a kid, one rely of first-degree witness tampering with menace of drive, and one rely of third-degree hindering, per Every day Voice.
She is presently being held on the Cape Might County Correctional Middle pending court docket proceedings, the outlet reported.
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The grandmother was charged with fourth-degree tampering with proof and hindering. She was launched from custody forward of her court docket listening to, per Every day Voice.
Authorities had been beforehand referred to as to the suspect’s dwelling earlier than, in keeping with WPVI.
One neighbor informed the outlet, “It is simply unhappy. I hate to listen to one thing like that, I actually do. And it is proper right here within the neighborhood, and I didn’t know that.”
PEOPLE has reached out to the CMCPO, Cape Might County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Cape Might Metropolis Police Chief Dekon Fashaw for remark.
