Woman Allegedly Hits Child with Frying Pan

Mother allegedly uses frying pan to discipline child.

Authorities say a New Jersey woman hit a 9-year-old on the head with a frying pan after he dropped a bagel and her dog ate it.

Donna Ambrosio-Ruglio is held in the Morris County Jail on $75,000 bail, charged with child endangerment.

According to the arrest affidavit, the boy told police the 45-year-old yelled at him that the cream cheese would kill the dog.

A criminal complaint says the boy sustained an abrasion to his head and bruising on his back.

The affadavit says that the boy claimed, "[T]he defendant has done things like this 'over a thousand times' and he has never said anything because he wanted to forget about it but this time he had to because it was the 'most serious'," the Daily Record reports.

It is not immediately clear whether she has retained an attorney.

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