Mom gets jail for pulling 6-year-old’s hair so hard she bled
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BEAVER (AP) – A Western Pennsylvania woman will spend nearly one to two years in jail for pulling her 6-year-old daughter’s hair so hard it separated the girl’s scalp from her skull and caused internal bleeding.
The Beaver County Times reported 26-year-old Brittany Ruck, of Conway, was sentenced Wednesday.
Ruck pleaded no contest in July to aggravated assault of a child. Police said Ruck was upset because the girl couldn’t count to 12 last August.
Ruck terminated her parental rights to the girl and has only supervised visits with her other two children.
The judge imposed a sentence of 11 months, 29 days to 23 months, 29 days in jail. That enabled Ruck to avoid state prison, which is reserved for sentences of more than two years.
Ruck told the judge, “It’s an unfortunate event. I love my daughter.”