A 28 year-old Bristol woman is in county jail Sunday accused of beating, dragging,, and assaulting a child so fiercely she knocked him unconscious in the Walmart parking lot and continued with her shopping until police arrived on scene.
According to a press release from the Tullytown Borough Police, officers were dispatched to the Levittown Town Center parking lot Friday (time unknown) for a well being check based upon call to authorities from a concerned citizen.
Police met with the 911 caller who said he observed a female appearing to be under the influence, screaming profanities at two small children and allegedly dragging one child around the floor by a backpack leash while he was crying hysterically.
The witness, according to police, said the female picked up the child and dropped him into a shopping cart, causing him to hit his head and at some point the child lost consciousness.
Police located the woman, identified as Samantha Fletcher of Bristol in the store holding the unconscious child in her arms.
An ambulance arrived to tend to the child and deemed the child needed immediate medical attention, police said in court papers
During the investigation Tullytown Borough Police, determined Fletcher responsible for the injuries that were observed on the child.
Fletcher was subsequently arrested and charged with three felony counts of aggravated assault, recklessly endangerment, and simple assault. Fletcher was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Terrence Hughes, Sr who set her bail at 10% of $100,000. which she was unable to post.
She was remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility with a pending court date of March 24 and has no attorney of record as of publication time.
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