EUSTIS, Florida—A Eustis woman was arrested on a warrant for aggravated child abuse Saturday after a 4-year-old boy she was babysitting in February said she put him in a dryer with towels and he went, “round and round.”
According to a probable cause affidavit, on Feb. 1, the boy was at the emergency room at UF Health Leesburg for treatment. Medical staff observed swelling and bruising on the child’s forehead, ears, abdomen and back, and the boy said, “Miss Amber” put him the dryer with towels, and he spun around, according to a probable cause affidavit. Amber Christine Chapman, 35, frequently babysat the child while his parents were at work.
The child was interviewed the following week and he said Chapman placed him in a dryer and closed the door and he went “round and round.” Chapman opened the door, closed it again and he went, “round and round,’ the affidavit states.
A warrant was issued for Chapman’s arrest Friday, and she was picked up Saturday and transported to the Lake County Jail, where she was released on $15,000 bond.
