Pennsylvania authorities have arrested a mother for allegedly abusing her son during a shopping trip to the local Walmart.<\/p>\n
Samantha Fletcher is accused of violently “slamming” the boy into a shopping cart on Saturday, March 14, knocking the crying child unconscious.<\/p>\n
Fletcher, 28, is currently facing single counts of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person, and simple assault in connection with the alleged abuse.<\/p>\n
Several shoppers at the Tullytown store witnessed the alleged crime and called 911, police said.<\/p>\n
Officers dispatched to the store spoke with a witness who claimed she saw a woman acting aggressively while shopping with her kids.<\/p>\n
Mom Allegedly Abandoned Special Needs Children For Days, 1 Was Found Trying to Eat Raw Meat<\/a><\/p>\n “He observed a female appearing to be under the influence, screaming profanities at two small children and dragging the one child around the floor by a backpack leash while he was crying hysterically,” reads a police statement on the arrest. “The witness stated the female picked up the child and dropped him into a shopping cart, causing him to hit his head. At some point the child lost consciousness.”<\/p>\n One witness said Fletcher was dragging one of the children across the store’s floor by a backpack leash. She had approached Fletcher to see if the mom could use any help.<\/p>\n Another claimed the boy had been rammed into the cart at least five times. The boy hit his head against a metal part of the shopping cart, the witness claimed.<\/p>\n Shoppers pointed Fletcher out to police, and they approached her. As they did, they said they could see her “holding the unconscious child in her arms.”<\/p>\n Emergency medical personnel assessed the situation and when they could not wake him up, determined the boy required “immediate medical attention.”<\/p>\n Because he had a visible bruise on his forehead, a CT scan was ordered, and revealed the boy had a concussion from being slammed into the cart.<\/p>\n