A Texas mother was charged with injury to a child on Tuesday after she allegedly sent her son to school with a drink designed to make her child's alleged bully ill.
Jennifer Lynn Rossi, 45, told law enforcement that one of her son's classmates at Legacy Traditional School - Alamo Ranch had stolen his sports drink at school and was "bullying him," NBC News reported.
In response to her ten-year-old's complaints, Rossi allegedly created a non-toxic mixture of lemon juice, salt and vinegar. Her son then gave the drink to a classmate who became so sick that he was hospitalized, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office alleged in a Facebook post.
"Shortly after the child consumed the drink, he began experiencing nausea and a headache," the post said. "Hospital staff informed the [police] that the child victim required additional medical monitoring and would eventually be discharged from the hospital."
Rossi told the police that she "only intended to stop her child from being bullied" and that she "is a nurse and knows the mixture to be nontoxic," NBC News reported.
Rossi was transported to a nearby jail where she formally charged with harming the child.
