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Woman Allegedly Brutally Beat 3-Year-Old Daughter For Microwaving Cell Phone
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Mar 8, 2014
Modified Mar 8, 2014
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A Manhattan woman was charged with assault this week for allegedly brutally beating her three-year-old daughter after the toddler microwaved her cell phone and destroyed it. The woman had been taking refuge in a Hell's Kitchen shelter for battered women.
Officers say that Krystle Reyes, 28, began assaulting her daughter around 5 p.m. on Thursday night. Fellow residents at the West 49th Street shelter say they heard the little girl screaming and called for help; officials found the little girl with a deep cut and bruising on her right eye, bruising to her right arm, red marks on her neck and more bruises on her ear, back and backside.
Reyes allegedly told police her daughter had destroyed her property. "My child microwaved my phone and other items," Reyes told cops, allegedly admitting that she had been slapping and “popping the victim in the face.” Reyes, who has no record of prior child abuse, was charged yesterday with assault of a child less than 7 years old and reckless endangerment; the daughter was hospitalized and put into the custody of the Administration for Children’s Services.
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