Everett mother bit toddler and broke elbow, police say

Published 11:13 pm Wednesday, April 14, 2010

EVERETT — An Everett woman told police she broke her 2-year-old son’s elbow and twice bit him because she was angry.

A pediatrician told police the boy “is clearly a victim of child abuse,” according to a police affidavit filed Wednesday in Everett District Court.

The doctor told detectives the mother’s explanations for her son’s injuries were “inadequate.”

The woman, 22, was arrested Tuesday and jailed for investigation of assault.

Police first began investigating the woman on Feb. 22 when she brought her boy to an Everett hospital to have doctors look at his arm.

Hospital officials located a number of bruises on the boy’s body and bite marks on his buttocks and leg, police said.

The woman gave police several explanations for the injuries. During an interview with detectives she admitted biting the boy and grabbing his arm, police said.

She told police she grabbed the boy’s arm when he tried to run away in a parking lot; bit him on the leg when he tried to kick her and bit his buttock cheeks when he wouldn’t go to bed.

The doctor determined the child was a likely victim of abuse and the boy was placed in state custody.

The woman was booked Tuesday into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of one count of second-degree assault of a child and two counts of third-degree assault of a child.

Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Randy Yates asked a judge Wednesday to set bail at $5,000. She was released on her own recognizance.