California mother arrested on child abuse allegations on Delta flight

A Sacramento, California, woman was ordered detained Monday after she allegedly abused her 2-year-old child on a flight from Mexico to Seattle.

The mother was arrested at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after several witnesses said they saw her abusing her child on Delta Air Lines Flight 1922 on May 1, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Washington.

Passengers said the child at some point woke up her sleeping mother, prompting her to kick the child who was sitting in the window seat. Another passenger told investigators the woman was seen “shaking the child like a rag doll.” And witnesses said when a passenger confronted the woman about her behavior, she told them to mind their own business, according to the criminal complaint filed in May. 2