Woman arrested for child abuse

 

 

A 28-year-old Key Largo woman was arrested Wednesday for striking a child in the face with a leather belt.

 

Yensy Duenas Gonzales, 28, was charged with aggravated child abuse.

 

School officials notified the Sheriff’s Office that the 10-year-old female victim had large, deep bruises on her face near her temple, a bloodshot eye and similar bruises on her arm.

 

Gonzales admitted to using a leather belt with a metal belt buckle to strike the child, but her story was inconsistent with the child’s injuries.

 

Gonzales was taken to jail.