Syracuse, N.Y. — A Syracuse woman has been charged with beating her 12-year-old daughter with an extension cord after a domestic dispute in their home, police said.

Lateefiah Jones, 49, was charged with second-degree assault, a felony and two misdemeanors: fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child, according to court documents filed in Syracuse City Court.

On Thursday, police said Jones repeatedly hit the girl with an extension cord at their home on Sackett Street, causing bruising and scab marks to the child’s legs and arms, according to the complaint. The marks appeared to have bled, police said.

The girl was struck over her entire body, police said.

Th incident was later reported to both Clary Middle School and Onondaga County Child Protect

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