28-year-old Daisha Phillips is accused of severely abusing her two young children, allegedly binding their hands and shoving each of them down a flight of stairs, telling authorities she considered it "normal discipline".
Police say Phillips committed the abuse by "binding the victim…her son, at his wrists with rope and pushing him down a flight of stairs." Phillips' actions are said to have caused "a risk of serious physical harm" to the 4-year-old.
She is also accused of creating a "substantial risk" to her son's health by "violating a duty of care and protection" when she "tied and bound the victim with rope at his wrists and pushed him down a flight of stairs."
Additional court documents obtained by Fox affiliate WXIX in nearby Newport, Kentucky, provided more details about what led to Phillips' arrest, particularly the allegations involving her 5-year-old daughter. According to the report, in addition to binding the girl's hands with rope and shoving her down the stairs like her brother, authorities allege that Phillips also physically abused the 5-year-old girl in other ways.
Phillips allegedly struck the child "numerous times with a belt, causing serious physical injury which required (her daughter) to be admitted overnight to a hospital," court documents reportedly state.
In an interview with a social worker for the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services, Phillips allegedly "admitted" to causing the injuries to her daughter, stating "that was her 'normal discipline,'" police reportedly wrote.
The victims reportedly underwent forensic interviews with a trained social worker at the Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children where both confirmed "that the abuse had occurred."
Phillips is charged with two counts of endangering children, court records show.
'Normal discipline': Mom bound kids' wrists, shoved them down a flight of stairs, cops say
Daisha Phillips was arrested in Ohio after she allegedly abused her two young kids, tying their hands with rope before pushing them down a flight of stairs.
