A 33-year-old New
Jersey woman who allegedly threw her infant daughter onto the concrete because
the baby wouldn’t stop crying is due in court Friday.
The 8-month-old child
was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie and treated for
“non-life-threatening injuries,” said Detective Sgt. Lou Lucato of the Beacon
Police Department. The infant was turned over to Dutchess County Child
Protective Services.
Edwina M. Negron,
whose last known address was in Bergen County, N.J., was on Wednesday observed
by witnesses throwing her daughter to the ground twice near the intersection of
Verplanck Avenue and Willow Street, Lucato said. Officers arrived and Negron
threw the child down again, Lucato said. On that occasion, the child’s head
struck the sidewalk.
Negron tested positive
for cocaine, opiates, methadone and marijuana, and was “highly intoxicated,”
Lucato said. She was charged with second-degree assault, a felony; and
endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. She remained in Dutchess
County Jail Thursday night on $100,000 bail or $250,00 bond.
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