A teen mom was arrested in Virginia after a disturbing picture of her toddler was posted to Fb, sparking outrage amongst customers who noticed the distressed little one.
Alexis Breeden, 18, turned herself into the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Workplace after a felony warrant was issued for her arrest because of the controversial picture of her crying 14-month-old son, suspended within the air and hanging from a hook by his twisted t-shirt, that was posted on social media, in accordance with CBS6.
The picture exhibits her younger son hanging from the hook in a door body of her house by his shirt, which is pulled tightly round his neck whereas he’s clearly distressed, crying and uncomfortable. The picture, which was taken by Breeden, was posted on-line by the boy’s father in an act of revenge after the previous lovers had an argument.
After it was posted, the picture unfold throughout Fb like wildfire as viewers had been left horrified to see the distressed and scared toddler hanging within the air. Finally, the picture captured the eye of the native sheriff’s workplace after a number of folks posted the image of the little boy on the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Workplace Fb web page.
Sgt. James Konicki informed CBS6 that an investigation discovered the kid to have been hanging by a plant hook moderately than a nail, as beforehand suspected. A warrant for Breeden’s arrest was promptly issued. “We had it assigned to a prison investigation detective by the kid sufferer unit. When she responded, she did an investigation and located that it wasn’t a nail, it was truly a planter hook that the kid was hanging from,” Sgt. Konicki defined. “However the little one was completely nice,” he added.
“The child’s father and mom had an argument, and in retaliation, the daddy posted this on Fb to get the mom in hassle,” Konicki stated, including that the daddy of the kid was not concerned within the alleged abuse. Breeden, alternatively, faces felony little one abuse expenses, however she was launched on a $2,500 bond.
Shockingly, this isn’t Breeden’s first time in hassle with the legislation. In reality, simply earlier than this incident, she had pleaded responsible to an assault and battery cost in opposition to a member of the family. In keeping with CBS6, she assaulted her mom and was pressured to take anger administration lessons in addition to endure a psychological well being analysis. CBS6 additionally stories that she violated a courtroom order and was due in courtroom on a separate cost after she violated a protecting order.
In a put up on Breeden’s personal Fb web page, the eighteen-year-old lashed out at folks criticizing her. “The cops got here to my home twice final evening and noticed that he was nice. They assume this was immature and dumb of me however he noticed I used to be taking part in and nobody must know every little thing happening as a result of a few of you aren’t mother and father and nobody is aware of the complete story. Thoughts your individual f****** enterprise,” she wrote.
Nevertheless, Breeden’s tone has since modified. “I remorse taking the image, even placing him up there… I actually do,” Breeden stated, including that she loves her son to demise and would do every little thing in her energy to be sure that he’s wholesome. “I didn’t do something and I by no means will do something to harm my son. My son was not harm in any respect,” Breeden furthered when contacting CBS6 in an try and clear the air after studying quite a few messages on social media websites bashing her and her parenting expertise. “All it was, was to be a joke. He was laughing…put it in his child e-book,” Breeden insisted.
Nevertheless, Sgt. Konicki doesn’t discover it to be a laughing matter. He stated, “It’s heartbreaking. You don’t ever need to see a toddler sufferer. It’s more durable to deal with than if it was an grownup.” Apparently, different authorities agreed as Breeden’s little one was positioned within the care of one other member of the family, and the mom was solely allowed to go to with the kid with supervision, pending the end result of the felony little one abuse case in opposition to her.
Joke or no joke, when somebody smaller than you, particularly somebody who is dependent upon you to guard them from hurt, begins to cry and is clearly uncomfortable, you cease what you might be doing — and to not take an image. The dearth of widespread sense and customary decency towards a small little one is simply as disturbing because the picture itself. As I at all times inform my very own youngsters, jokes aren’t meant to be humorous. If the goal of your joke is in tears, that’s an excellent indication it’s not amusing.
