A North Carolina mom was arrested for punching her 6-week-old child within the face and leaving the kid alone in her automotive whereas temperatures dropped to round 40 diploma whereas she labored at McDonald’s.

Nikita Jones, 21, faces one depend of misdemeanor youngster abuse and one depend of intentional youngster abuse leading to severe bodily harm, WRAL reported. The situation of the toddler is unknown.

Warrants say the infant was discovered unrestrained within the backseat of a automotive in downtown Raleigh on November 21. The automotive was not working. A day earlier, the paperwork say, Jones hit the toddler within the face, bruising each eyes and inflicting swelling and a scratch to the face.

Jones was arrested on Monday, In line with WNCN, she was given a $55,000 bond and ordered again to courtroom on December 19.

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[Featured image: Nikita Jones/City-County Bureau of Identification]