An
18-year-old mother has been arrested after a sickening photo of her
crying 14-month-old son hanging from a hook by his shirt was posted on
Facebook.
Alexis
Breeden from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, took the disturbing image
of the youngster suspended from a door frame with what appears to be a
top pulled around his neck.
The picture was believed to have been put on Facebook by the boy's father in retaliation after he had an argument with Breeden.
Sickening:
Alexis Breeden from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, took the image of
her 14-month-old son suspended from a door frame with what appears to be
a top pulled around his neck
It was then shared by a number of other people before users began to send it to the sheriff's office Facebook page.
The mother then turned herself in after a felony warrant was issued for her arrest last week.
After
police visited the child at home, she reportedly wrote on Facebook:
'They think this was immature and dumb of me but saw I was playing and
no one needs to know everything going on because some of you aren't
parents and no one knows the full story.'
Sgt. James Konicki with the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office told CBS 6: 'We had it assigned to a criminal investigation detective through the child victim unit.
'When
she responded, she did an investigation and found that it wasn't a
nail, it was actually a planter hook that the child was hanging from.
But the child was absolutely fine.'
Arrested: The 18-year-old mother is now facing child abuse charges after being released on bond
'The
baby's father and mother had an argument and in retaliation the father
posted this on Facebook to get the mother in trouble.'
Konicki added that the father of the child was not involved in the alleged abuse.
Breeden was released on a $2500 and is now facing child abuse charges.
A
press release from the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office read: 'On
October 29, 2014, the Spotslyvania Sheriff's Office was made aware of an
image that was circulating on Facebook.
'The imafe was of a child that appeared to be suspended from a door frame and in distress.
'The
photograph was immediately forwarded to the Sheriff's office Facebook
page at which point the case was opened and an arrest made shortly
after.
'Alexis Breeden, 18 years of age from Spotsylvania County was arrested and charged with one county of felony child abuse.
'The
child was not injured during this incident and the photograph was
posted on Facebook resulting in several Facebook complaints made to the
Sheriff's Office.
'Detective
Patte Harper with the Child Victim Unit investigated this case with the
assistance of the Departmnet of Social Services.
'Through
the investigation it was found that the victim's father posted the
photograph to get Ms. Breeden in trouble for retaliation after the two
had an argument.
'The father wasn't involved at the time the photograph was taken and lives separately from the mother.'
Response:
Spotsylvania County Sherff's Office released this statement following
the investigation into the photo. They said the probe had been conducted
alongside the Department of Social Services
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