Mom Accused of Stuffing Cloth Down Child's Throat

Charleston Police allege that, while Chevonne Deandra Younginer of Summerville visited her child Friday at Medical University of South Carolina, she tried to stuff cloth from a toy bear down the child's throat, according to the Herald Online.

Younginer is out on bond and her next court date is in April. The child recovered from the incident. 

The Herald described the incident:

A recording of the mother's interaction with the child that day showed her taking a cotton-ball-sized object, described as a white cloth ball taken from a stuffed toy bear's hat, and shoving the item into the child's mouth, according to an MUSC police incident report.

"After several seconds the mother pushed the object further into the child's mouth and walked away," the police report said. "A minute later the nursing staff was alerted the child was in distress and the mother was holding the child who was choking." Younginer reportedly asked for assistance.

As Younginer walked away, "the child almost immediately appears to begin struggling to breathe," the police narrative also said.

MUSC staff then held the child face down and delivered several blows to her back. The baby vomited and the white ball was dislodged.

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