(La Porte County, IN) - A La Porte County woman could face time in prison for allegedly assaulting her adopted child.

 

Laurie Lentz, 62, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with two Level 5 felony counts of domestic battery. According to court records, authorities became involved in late March when evidence of the alleged acts were reported to officials at the child's school.

 

The evidence includes photographs of nearly a dozen purple marks on the child’s buttocks along with 15 smacking sounds and screams from the child captured on a recording taken during one of the spankings inside the family’s home. Police revealed the injuries were inflicted with a computer charging cord and cooking spoon.

 

According to court documents, the punishment was over poor grades on the child’s report card and for not returning the charging cord to its place in the home. Police said the evidence indicates the child was whipped about once a month. The father allegedly tried intervening, but wasn’t always home during the punishments.

 

Lentz, who was arrested on December 12, was still being held Tuesday in the La Porte County Jail on $15,000 bond.  She could face anywhere from a one to six year sentence on each count.