A North Carolina mother was arrested after she allegedly hurled acid at her son and a teenage girl after a heated row about a phone.
Kendra Lafaye McDougald, 33, was charged with two counts of felony assault inflicting serious bodily injury, two counts of assault by throwing acid or alkali, one count of felony child abuse, and assault with a deadly weapon, according to an arrest warrant seen by Law & Crime .
She is accused of throwing a “hot liquid substance” on her 15-year-old son, and a 14-year-old girl at Pinewood Apartments on Ponderosa Drive, Dunn at around 3pm on October 20, reported the outlet.
Neighbors and the 15-year-old’s uncle believe the acid was a hot water-bleach mix, reported WRAL .
“Upon arrival, officers encountered several individuals on the property that had been involved in an altercation,” said Dunn Police Chief Cary Jackson. “There were two juveniles on location suffering from burns that were obtained from a hot liquid substance that was thrown.”
Chief Jackson added that the pair were taken by Dunn Emergency Services to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.