http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/12623143-418/woman-arrested-for-hitting-10-year-old-girl-on-head-with-spoon.html
A 42-year-old woman who spanked a 10-year-old girl and hit her in the
head with a spoon when she couldn’t understand her homework was charged
with aggravated battery to a child and aggravated domestic battery.
Connie Neeley of Winthrop Harbor was being held on $200,000 bail in the
Lake County Jail, Winthrop Harbor Police Det. Sgt. Christopher Willets said.
Police were called May 11 after the principal at Westfield School in
Winthrop Harbor noticed the girl had two black eyes and her forehead was
red and swollen.
When questioned, Neeley confessed she was frustrated that the child
could not grasp a math problem she had for homework that they had been
working on for about two hours. She said she spanked the girl and hit
her on the head with a spoon.
The principal called an ambulance, and the girl was taken to the
hospital for treatment and then to the Lake County Child Advocacy
Center. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services assisted
with the investigation.