Texas Mom Arrested for Hospitalizing Son’s Classmate with Mixed Drink

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A Texas mother, Jennifer Lynn Rossi, has been arrested after her son’s alleged bully became sick from drinking a sports drink she intentionally mixed with lemon, salt, and vinegar. The boy experienced nausea and a headache and was hospitalized for additional medical monitoring before being discharged. Rossi, who mixed the drink to prevent her son’s beverage from being stolen at school, was charged with injury to a child causing bodily injury and booked in the Bexar County Jail with a $1,000 bond.

Texas Mother Arrested for Alleged Bullying Incident Involving a Sports Drink

A Texas mother was arrested in connection with a bullying incident that landed her son’s alleged bully in the hospital due to a questionable sports drink. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office reports that the mother, Jennifer Lynn Rossi, 45, mixed lemon, salt and vinegar into a sports drink to deter theft of her son’s beverages at school.

The Sheriff’s Office stated that her son gave the bottle to another student during P.E. class, who shortly afterwards experienced nausea and a headache from the drink. Authorities were subsequently called to the Legacy Traditional School in Alamo Ranch due to the child’s illness.

Despite lemon, salt, and vinegar being non-toxic, the incident resulted in the victim requiring hospitalization for monitoring. The student was discharged after receiving necessary care. Further investigation by the Sheriff’s Office linked Rossi to the incident, establishing that she intentionally mixed the drink.

Rossi now faces charges of injury to a child causing bodily injury and was booked into Bexar County Jail with a $1,000 bond.

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