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Saugerties Woman Assaults 10-Year-Old Daughter, Slamming Head On Ground, Police Say

An area woman choked her ten-year-old daughter, causing the child to fall to the ground, then slammed the child's head into the ground "multiple times," according to police.

An area woman choked her ten-year-old daughter, causing the child to fall to the ground, then slammed the child's head into the ground "multiple times," according to police.

An area woman choked her ten-year-old daughter, causing the child to fall to the ground, then slammed the child's head into the ground "multiple times," according to police.

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Ulster County resident Sarah J. Silinovich of Saugerties, 42, was reportedly charged with the violation of second-degree harassment and the misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of a child after the incident, which police responded to on Monday, Aug. 31 at approximately 9:05 p.m.

The child was transported by a private vehicle to Kingston Hospital after she was treated on the scene by Diaz Ambulance paramedics, according to Saugerties Police Chief Joe Sinagra.

A restraining order protecting the child from the mother was issued by the town of Saugerties court, and Child Protective Services was notified of the incident. 

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