PORT ORANGE, Fla. – Port Orange police arrested a woman after they say she beat up her daughter with a baseball bat.
Donna J. Letourneau, 52, was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse Tuesday at her home on Sparton Avenue after police said a verbal fight escalated to a physical fight.
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According to the police report, Letourneau told her daughter to get out of the house and when she didn't, Letourneau went to her daughter's bedroom with an aluminum baseball bat and started hitting her belongings.
Letourneau's daughter was defending her things when she was hit on the top of the head, police said. They began to fight until being split apart by her daughter's friend, who witnessed the fight.
Letourneau told authorities she grabbed the baseball bat because she was mad at her daughter for breaking out a window with a plate of food. She denied hitting her with the bat.
Department of Children and Families has been notified of the incident.