A Florida woman was arrested after hitting her 9-year-old son with a meat tenderizer because he didn’t do his homework.
Miami Herald reports that Martha Ciguenas, was arrested after she beating her son for not telling her he had additional spring break homework.
“The defendant became irate, and started questioning the victim on why he did not complete all of his homework during the break,” an officer wrote in the arrest report. “The defendant grabbed a water bottle and threw it towards the victim, but it missed him. The defendant then grabbed her cellphone and threw it at him, but missed again.”
Ciguenas continued to throw things, including the water bottle she picked up, police said. Then, according to the report, Ciguenas grabbed a glass candleholder and “hit him on the head twice, before he was able to protect his head from her strikes.”
“While the victim was protecting his head with his arms, the defendant went to the kitchen, grabbed a metal meat tenderizer, and struck him once on his head, causing lacerations,” the officer wrote in the report. “The defendant continued to yell and scream at the victim while giving him orders to clean his room. While the victim was walking toward his room, the defendant struck him a second time with the meat tenderizer on his left arm, just below his bicep causing spikemarks/indentations (from the meat tenderizer) which bled.”
Upon being shown pictures by investigators of her son’s injuries, Ciguenas admitted she threw items at him. She has been charged with aggravated child abuse.