AURORA, Ill. — A 25-year-old Illinois woman is facing three felony charges after she was seen on cellphone video dragging a 5-year-old child by his hair through an emergency room, WBBM reported.
Tanye McNeal, of Aurora, was charged Wednesday with felony counts of aggravated battery and three misdemeanor counts of domestic battery, the television station reported. She is also accused of holding the boy down in a chair shortly before she allegedly dragged the boy, pinching his neck and causing bruising, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
A 28-year-old Wisconsin woman alerted police Monday afternoon after filming McNeal allegedly dragging the child by his hair in the emergency room at Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora, WLS reported.