MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A mother who allegedly pulled the hair of her 2-year-old son while live streaming was barred from any social media use as part of bond conditions set during her first court appearance Friday.
Natasha Hunt, 24, of Niagara, is charged with child abuse-intentionally causing harm, and disorderly conduct for the incident with her son on Aug. 24.
In court Friday, Judge James Morrison set Hunt’s bond at $5,000 cash. She also cannot have any unsupervised contact with minors, including her son, court records show. She returns to court Sept. 18 for a balance of initial appearance.
Another woman who appears in the video, Amara Burns, also faces charges for not intervening and resisting arrest. Burns had her first court appearance Thursday, and returns to court Sept. 25.
According to the criminal complaint, when Niagara police first asked the two, both denied posting any video or having knowledge of any abuse. The boy showed no signs of injury and told police he was not injured.
Police then reviewed the video. According to the criminal complaint:
In the video, Natasha approached Amara and (the victim). Natasha grabbed (the victim) by the hair and began to pull violently, Natasha was pulling (the victim)’s head in multiple directions. Natasha was looking at the camera with an angry look on her face. (the victim) was saying “OW” repeatedly and began to cry. Amara put up both of her hands. Amara did not appear to assist in the pulling of the hair besides holding (the victim) onto her lap while Natasha committed the physical pain to (the victim). Amara did not make any attempt to stop Natasha. For a brief moment, Natasha stopped pulling (the victim)’s hair. Then she began pulling (the victim)’s hair again to the point that she pulled (the victim) off Amara’s lap and out of the picture. I could hear (the victim) saying “OW” and crying. You can see Natasha moving around as if she was still pulling (the victim)’s hair. Amara looked in the direction of where this incident was occurring and looked back at the camera smiling. She again made no attempt to stop Natasha from harming (the victim).
When police went to arrest Burns, she resisted, kicking an officer in the face, the complaint states.
