Charges Dropped Against Molino Mom Accused Of Child Abuse, Battery On Husband

August 21, 2009

Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Molino woman accused of hitting her child in the head with a plate and slapping her husband.

Tina Louise Ferrell, 46, was charged May 21 with one count of aggravated child abuse and one count of aggravated battery in connection with an incident at a mobile home on Duxbury Avenue off Highway 29 in Molino.

Between the time she was charged and when charges were dropped yesterday, Ferrell was required by the court to not have any contact with the children at the Duxbury Road address where the incident allegedly occurred.

Ferrell and her husband were asleep about 7 p.m. on May 21 when her 10-year old child tried to wake her to get help with a one-year old child in the home, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report. Deputies said when Ferrell refused to help with the infant and went back to sleep, the 10-year old tried to wake her again with drops of water sprinkled in her face. That’s when Ferrell slapped her husband and threw a plate a him, deputies said; the plate missed the husband and struck a three-year old in the head.

The three-year old was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola with injuries that were not serious.  The 10 and one-year old were not injured.

Prosecutors dropped charges against Ferrell on August 18, saying there was not enough evidence to prove their case without a reasonable doubt.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News