A 23 -year -old woman has been charged with child endangerment and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, after she allegedly sent videos and pictures of her abusing one - year- old son to the boy ’s father.
The Texas , United States resident mom , Janelle Peterkin, is accused of stuffing a plastic bag in her son ’s mouth and covering his head with the plastic bag and then tying it in a knot, according to court documents.
PEOPLE magazine reports that the abuse took place on March 13 as she sat in her car with the child .
Janelle also allegedly burned the boy with a lit cigarette while she filmed him.
Investigators later viewed photos and videos of the alleged abuse, according to court documents.
The Harris County , Texas , Sheriff ’s Office said Janelle admitted to sending the footage as an act of spite , to show her ex- boyfriend that he did not care enough about their baby .
An order of protection was issued on Monday, mandating she not be within 200 feet of the child , who is now living with Janelle’ s mother .
She was released on $ 15,000 bond , while her next court appearance is May 15.
She has not entered a plea to her three charges and has not retained an attorney , according to the Harris County District Attorney ’s Office.
The boy ’ s aunt, who is the sister of Janelle’ s ex-boyfriend, says Janelle sent more than 30 videos to her ex-boyfriend on April 13 .
“ In one video , she spat in his face twice ,” the aunt alleges . “ She put a cigarette lighter to his hand and he was screaming . Janelle then said, ‘Blame your daddy and his new girlfriend.’”
“ Some of the videos he ( the baby) was just crying . He is screaming at the top of his lungs, ” the aunt alleged .
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