40-year-old Melissa Woods is charged with child abuse of her 12-year-old son after admitting to slapping him in the face multiple times until he suffered a nosebleed. She told police the child was “being disrespectful and cursing” at her, so she advised him to stop, or she would “pop him in the mouth.” When he continued, she slapped him in the face multiple times.
Melissa Ibarra Woods of Weeping Willow Drive in Clarksville, TN, was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on June 22nd, charged with child abuse and neglect. A judicial commissioner set her bond at $5,000.
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