A Texas mother is accused of sending her son to the hospital after the student drank a drink she gave him to prevent bullying at his San Antonio school, police said.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to Legacy Traditional School Alamo Ranch on Tuesday after learning that a sick child had been “given a drink by a classmate during physical education class.”
“The drink provided was found to contain a mixture of lemon, salt and vinegar inside a sports drink bottle,” police said in a statement. “Shortly after my child drank the drink, he started feeling nauseated and had a headache.
Police said, “During the investigation, it was discovered that the mother of the student who provided the drink was suspected of intentionally mixing the contents of her son’s drink to prevent it from being stolen by other students at school.” ” he added.
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Jennifer Rossi has been charged with child injury resulting in death. (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office)
Jennifer Rossi, 45, was later arrested and charged with child injury resulting in death, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
“Although the contents of the drink were not toxic, this incident resulted in the child being hospitalized,” the sheriff’s office also said. “Hospital staff informed investigators that the child victim required additional medical monitoring and was expected to eventually be discharged.”
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Rossi reportedly told investigators that her son’s Prime Energy Drink was stolen on Monday. (Mike Kemp/Photo via Getty Images)
After the child’s Prime Energy Drink was stolen on Monday, Rossi said in an interview with investigators that he gave his son the drink to one of his classmates, KSAT reported, citing a police affidavit. He stated that he had instructed him to give it to him.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said that even though the contents of the drink were “non-toxic,” the student who drank it was sent to the hospital. (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office)
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“(The son) stated that the drink mixture was made because a child had stolen a drink the day before and had been bullied by the child…Rossi admitted that he had made the mixture because of his son… “She said she had stolen his drink and was bullying him,” the document said.
