Thursday, August 20, 2009

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

Waco woman accused of hitting boy in wheelchair during scuffle over ball at Dallas hospital | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Breaking News for Dallas-Fort Worth | Dallas Morning News: "A 23-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday evening after getting into a scuffle over a soccer ball with a 13-year-old boy in a wheelchair at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

Mikka Shardai Cline of Waco faces a charge of injury to a child. She was being held Wednesday in the Dallas County Jail in lieu of $1,500 bail. She could not be reached for comment.

Dallas police said that during the scuffle, Cline struck the boy's presurgical medical halo, which was screwed into his skull."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.