A 25-year-old Hitchcock mother was charged with injury to a child and held on $100,000 bond after school officials reported a student arrived on campus with injuries, authorities said.
Nakia Shire Batiste, the mother of the child, was charged with injury to a child was being held in the Galveston County Jail as of Wednesday afternoon, Hitchcock police Capt. Jeff Evans said.
Police officers on Tuesday were dispatched to Hitchcock Primary School, 5901 FM 2004 on a report of a 7-year-old boy having injuries, Evans said.
“The student came into school with injuries,” Evans said. “The staff of the school district called us to investigate.”
Officers conducted an investigation and Batiste was arrested, Evans said.
Officers tried to contact Child Protective Services but representatives for that agency weren’t able to make it to the school, but did not offer a reason why, Evans said.
“Because of the nature of the injuries, we took it upon ourselves to contact the district attorney’s where they accepted the charges,” Evans said.
Both the boy and his 3-year-old sister were placed into custody of their maternal aunt, Evans said.
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