CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland police on Thursday arrested a pregnant West Side woman accused of tossing her 1-year-old daughter in a trash can, according to a police report.

Officers took Lalier Dillon, 22, from her West 59th Place home at about 8 p.m. after a neighbor reported seeing Dillon abuse one of her children, the report states.

The neighbor said Dillon – who also has a 4-year-old son – placed the toddler atop the open door of a dormant oven. The neighbor then removed the girl from the oven door and placed her on the kitchen floor, according the report.

That’s when Dillon cast her daughter into the trash can, according to police. The toddler did not suffer physical injuries, according to Latroy Garrison, Dillon’s boyfriend and father of her children.

Dillon denied the child abuse allegations, police said.

“She has an anger problem, but she would never stoop that low to hurt the kids,” Garrison said from home, where he spent Thursday morning cleaning up a mess that he said Dillon left behind.

Dillon smashed eggs, flipped tables and scrawled graffiti – “I hate love. (Expletive) life.” – on the kitchen wall during a day of domestic turbulence.

That morning, Dillon shoved Garrison into their dining room window during an argument. Garrison sought treatment at MetroHealth Medical Center for cuts to his arm, he said. Garrison left the hospital with his mother and arrived home where the two found Dillon drinking alcohol.

Garrison and his mother confronted Dillon about the drinking and left the house – and the children -- after Dillon became outraged.

Dillon trashed the house in the hours that followed and continued her outbursts during her arrest, police reported.

Dillon managed to slip out of her handcuffs while in the back of a patrol car, police said. Dillon then kicked open the car door and charged an officer while trying to flee, according to the report.

The children are staying with relatives, Garrison said.

“I don’t want to see her in jail,” Garrison said “My son is missing her. My daughter is missing her. Jail is not a place for anyone.”