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North Carolina mom threw baby on ground after being denied beer, police say

Police say the woman became angry after being a neighbor wouldn't give her a beverage.

BURLINGTON, N.C. -- A North Carolina woman is accused of throwing her baby on the ground after being a denied a beer.

Our CBS affiliate CBS17 reports Burlington police said the 1-year-old child didn't have any permanent injuries after being thrown on the ground.

Police told CBS17 that Kyesha Sherell Willis, 29, went to a neighbor's house on Saturday and demanded a beer. When she couldn't get one, she became angry and threw her son to the ground, police say.

Willis also assaulted the neighbor, according to investigators.

The Greensboro News & Record reports Willis faces charges of assault on a child under the age of 12 and simple assault. Police say she was also charged with resist, delay and obstruct.

According to the Winston-Salem Journal, the child was put in the grandmother's custody.

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