The Christian County Grand Jury indicted a Hopkins County woman Friday for allegedly abusing and injuring a child when she was babysitting in August.
According to the warrant, 41-year old Amanda Hargis of White Plains was babysitting on August 28 and contacted the parents that the infant had a bruise on his tongue and that the three-year old sibling had caused the injury with a pair of scissors, which the sibling denied.
The warrant says the parents reviewed video footage from a camera in the living room which showed Hargis grabbed the infant during a feeding when the infant was crying and placed both the infant’s arms behind his back and held him in that position. On the same day, Hargis is reportedly seen taking the crying infant to the center of the room where she dropped him from about one foot in the air to the floor, causing a loud thud and more crying from the infant.
Hargis was arrested by Hopkinsville Police on the strength of a warrant on August 29 and booked into the Christian County Jail. She was indicted on five counts of first-degree criminal abuse, child 12 or under.
