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A Florida babysitter burned a younger youngster with a sizzling pot as a “type of self-discipline,” authorities stated Wednesday.
Jennifer Nicole Posey, 29, admitted to burning a 10-year-old to “train the kid a lesson” on June 26 whereas caring for the teen and two different children, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Posey, of Sun City Center, made the sufferer immediate ramen soup on a stovetop earlier than the 10-year-old pretended to spill the new broth on one of many different kids, deputies stated.
“In an try to show the kid a lesson, Posey took a sizzling pot, which had been used to warmth the ramen roughly two minutes prior, and pressed it in opposition to the sufferer’s arm,” sheriff’s officers stated in an announcement.
The youngster was left with a burn roughly 4 inches lengthy. Posey, who was arrested Tuesday for aggravated youngster abuse, has confessed to detectives to doling out the punishment, authorities stated. The sufferer was not hospitalized and was handled with at-home treatments.
“Children will probably be kids, however an grownup ought to know higher than to make use of such nice bodily punishment to attempt to appropriate their dangerous habits,” Sheriff Chad Chronister stated. “This suspect’s actions had been intentional, unacceptable and she’s going to now face the results for inflicting pointless ache on a helpless youngster.”
Posey remained held on $30,000 bond early Wednesday in Hillsborough County, jail data present. It’s unclear if she’s employed an lawyer who might converse on her behalf.
Authorities stated she had been a caregiver for round 5 years to the kid, whose title was not launched below Florida’s Marsy’s Law.
In addition to working as a caregiver, Posey is employed as an insurance coverage rep, jail data present.
