SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield woman is charged with child abuse after police say she struck a toddler multiple times with a charging cord, leaving injuries that medical professionals later determined were child abuse.
Teilia Larene Greer, born in 1989, is charged in Greene County Circuit Court with abuse or neglect of a child resulting in physical injury, as well as first-degree child endangerment, both class D felonies.
The probable cause statement says the incident happened on Dec. 20, 2023. Springfield police were called to Cox South Hospital regarding a child abuse report involving a young boy…