Police: Woman Hit 9-Year-Old In Head With Frying Pan

A Randolph woman was jailed this week after she allegedly hit a 9-year-old child in the head with a frying pan.

Donna Ambrosio-Ruglio, 45, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

Morris County Prosecutor's Office Detective Cheryl Drinkard interviewed the child on Feb. 2. The child told Drinkard that the previous day, the child was eating a bagel with cream cheese, and dropped it on the floor, according to an affidavit signed by the detective and on file with Superior Court in Morris County.

"[The child] said that the defendant yelled at [the child], and told him that the cream cheese was going to 'kill the dog,'" the affidavit states. "The defendant proceeded to hit [the child] over the head with a frying pan and punch [the child] in the back. She told him that 'he was stupid.' Once he got to his room, the defendant stopped."

The affidavit continues: "During the course of the interview, [the child] stated that he did not understand why the defendant didn't just clean up the cream cheese instead of hitting him. He said the defendant has done things like this 'over a thousand times' and he never said anything because he wanted to forget about it but this time he had to because it was 'the most serious.'"

The prosecutor's office has also requesting an issue be ordered barring Ambrosio-Ruglio from having contact with the child.