Original report
Aiken mother charged with child cruelty after girl reported neck injury
A deputy who went to the home for a well-being check saw the girl crying and observed a laceration on her neck, a sheriff's office report says.
Quick take
- Booking records show Alexis Leysath, 31, was booked Aug. 15 in Aiken County on a charge of cruelty to children.
- The girl told an Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputy that her mother pulled her by the hair, hit her with a belt, dragged her and put pressure on the back of her neck until she said she could not breathe.
