Texas Mother Charged; Accused of Creating ‘Non-Toxic’ Mixture That Made Son’s Alleged Bully Sick

A Texas mom is accused of constructing a drink concoction that left her son’s alleged bully hospitalized.

Jennifer Lynn Rossi, 45, was charged with harm to a toddler inflicting bodily harm for making the vinegar, salt, and lemon combination and pouring it right into a sports activities drink bottle, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned. 

Deputies had been known as to Legacy Conventional Faculty-Alamo Ranch final week, on March 5, following the report of a sick youngster who was given a drink by a classmate. The coed was experiencing nausea and a headache after taking a sip in P.E. class. 

“Via the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the mom of the scholar who supplied the drink, deliberately combined the contents of the drink to allegedly forestall her son’s drink from being stolen at college by different college students,” authorities mentioned.

A press release by the varsity went into additional element:

“On Tuesday morning, March 5, a Legacy – Alamo Ranch pupil introduced a do-it-yourself beverage to high school and shared it with classmates, leading to one pupil requiring medical consideration. The concoction – which we perceive included a mix of lemon juice, salt, vinegar and Gatorade – was instantly confiscated by college employees members and directors, and native regulation enforcement was notified. The coed who initially introduced the drink to high school might be topic to disciplinary actions in accordance with Legacy insurance policies governing pupil conduct.”

Whereas on the hospital, medical employees carefully monitored the sufferer earlier than he was launched. 

In line with NBC Information, citing an affidavit, Rossi, a nurse, instructed the principal that she made the “non-toxic” combination. In a press release, her 10-year-old son mentioned that the sufferer “stored bragging” about stealing his drink that went lacking the day earlier than the incident. 

When he obtained dwelling, he instructed his mom what had occurred, and she or he got here up with the “prank,” the outlet reported. The sufferer mentioned Rossi’s son “accused” him, and one other particular person tried hitting him for taking the sports activities drink. An investigation into this case is underway. 

“Whether or not the allegations of bullying on the root of this case are substantiated or not, there may be by no means an excuse to take issues into your individual arms and injure a toddler,” Sheriff Javier Salazar mentioned in a press release to Individuals.

Final yr, a San Antonio girl was killed whereas making an attempt to guard her daughter from bullies who arrived at their dwelling at night time. As Fox Information reported, a 36-year-old girl was charged for “deliberately” operating over Ashley Lopez, a mom of 5 youngsters.