MOTHER ARRESTED IN CHILD-ABUSE CASE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer A 17-month-old girl was taken into protective custody An arrangement whereby a person is safeguarded by law enforcement authorities in a location other than the person's home because his or her safety is seriously threatened. and her mother arrested after taking the baby to a hospital emergency room, suffering from burns and a cocaine reaction, officials said Monday. Christine Oneal, 40, of Palmdale was being held in lieu of $500,000 bail after bringing her daughter to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday. The baby girl had cigarette burns Cigarette Burns may refer to:
``We're not sure how the child ingested in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. cocaine,'' said sheriff's Sgt. Mike Becker of the Juvenile Investigations Bureau. When hospital workers asked Oneal about her daughter's injuries, she left the emergency room and fled in her car but was apprehended a short time later. Oneal is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of cruelty to a child. ``We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if she inflicted the injuries,'' Becker said. ``She is responsible. She allowed her child to be in danger.'' The child is recovering and is expected not to have any long-lasting effects. Once the child is released from the hospital, she will be sent to a foster home, officials said. |
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