LPD: Mother burned son's hand on stove after she accused him of stealing $100

Genitza Jenny Fernandez, 37, was charged with injury to a child and endangerment of a child. Genitza Jenny Fernandez, 37, was charged with injury to a child and endangerment of a child. Photo: Webb County Sheriff's Office Photo: Webb County Sheriff's Office Image 1 of / 72 Caption Close LPD: Mother burned son's hand on stove after she accused him of stealing $100 1 / 72 Back to Gallery

A woman has been arrested for burning her son's hand as punishment after she accused him of stealing $100, according to Laredo police.

Genitza Jenny Fernandez, 37, was arrested Nov. 6. She was served with an arrest warrant charging her with injury to a child and endangerment of a child.

She is out on bond from the Webb County Jail, according to custody records.

At about 4:50 p.m. Sept. 21, police responded to an injury to a child report at Trautmann Middle School.

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A school counselor stated that an 11-year-old male student had said that his mother, Fernandez, had punished him by holding his hand to a hot stove-top burner, causing burn scars to the left palm and fingers, according to court documents.

But Fernandez stated that her son had accidentally put his hand on the hot stove-top burner while reaching for a food condiment, an arrest affidavit states.

Fernandez said she did not seek medical attention for her son when the incident occurred, but she added that she called a doctor in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, for advice, the affidavit states.

The child underwent a forensic interview at the Children's Advocacy Center. He stated his mother was trying to find out what happened to $100 she was missing, "which he admittedly had taken," according to the affidavit.

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"(The boy) stated that as punishment, his mother held his hand onto a hot stove-top burner for six seconds until he admitted that he had taken her money," the affidavit states. "(The boy) stated that the burning 'hurt so much that some tears came out,' and that it was so painful that he 'stayed awake all night.'"

Police interviewed Fernandez. She stated that her son burned himself accidentally when he reached out for Parmesan cheese for some pizza. Investigators presented their findings to an assistant district attorney, who issued the warrant for Fernandez's arrest.