Bradenton Beach Police Department officers July 21 arrested Yanaisy Armas Jimenez, 39, of Plant City, for alleged child abuse.
Officer Ryan Gagliano was dispatched to the beach in the 2900 block of Gulf Drive North in response to reports of a woman hitting a child with a beach chair.
According to an arrest report, when Gagliano contacted Jimenez, she appeared intoxicated.
And witnesses provided the officer with videos and photos of Jimenez striking a child multiple times with a fold-up beach chair.
Jiminez, who according to the report began yelling and screaming at the officer, was detained in handcuffs and placed in a patrol car.
Meanwhile, child protective services officer Lidia Perez with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office arrived to assist Gagliano and screened Jimenez for alcohol and drugs, yielding a positive result for alcohol.
Jimenez was arrested and taken to the Manatee County jail in Palmetto, where she was facing a charge of child abuse without great bodily harm, a third-degree felony punishable upon conviction with five years in prison or probation and a $5,000 fine.
CPS arranged for a family member to take custody of the child.
Jimenez was released July 23 on a $5,000 bond. Her arraignment will be at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at the Manatee County Judicial Center in Bradenton.