Police: Child says she was hit multiple times with an extension cord

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford Police arrested Joyaparis Walston, 33, for allegedly striking her child with an extension cord causing welts and bleeding on her arms.

On October 15, around 10:18 a.m., a Lincoln Middle School Resource Officer was called to a counselor’s office to talk with the harmed student. The girl said she preferred to tell the counselor what happened.

The victim told the counselor she and her mother started arguing because she shaved her arms, reports said. The argument escalated, and Walston hit the child with an extension cord on her forearms and left shoulder, according to court documents.

The resource officer observed scabs on her shoulder and dried blood on the side of her nose.

When Walston was confronted, she told the resource officer she needed to get items for the victim. The suspect then left the school.

DCFS told officers Walston would pick up another child at Summerdale Elementary School. Authorities waited at the school and took her into custody.

Walston is charged with aggravated battery of a child causing bodily harm and domestic battery causing bodily harm.

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