A 28-year-old Havana woman faces charges of domestic battery and endangering the life of a child after allegedly swinging around her 3-year-old son by the arm and neck during an argument with her boyfriend.

According to court records, Samantha J. Lawrence allegedly go into an argument with her boyfriend June 5 and began swinging her child by his arm and neck during the fight. Two women present at the scene, who had been baby-sitting the child, had to physically remove the child from Lawrence’s grip which, they apparently told police, was choking the child.

Lawrence has been in the Mason County Jail since that date and is being held on a $150,000 bond. She said she has been working with the Department of Children and Family Services to get counseling, and Eighth Circuit Judge Alan D. Tucker noted that DCFS has reported that she has been cooperative. However, Tucker was appalled by the allegations in the court record.

“I can’t imagine anyone conducting themselves that way toward their children,” Tucker said.

Both charges against Lawrence are Class A misdemeanors that carry jail sentences of up to one year upon conviction. She has been barred from contact with the child.

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