The St. Petersburg woman arrested this weekend after being accused of using a Taser on a child is the boy's aunt.
St. Petersburg police issued a clarification on Monday, saying that 30-year-old Ramona Braswell, who used a Taser on the 3-year-old toddler's left arm, causing visible injuries, is the boy's aunt and not his mother.
An earlier released report indicated she was the boy's mother.
Police responded to 2820 5th Street South just after 4 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call from the mother of the boy. According to police, the boy's mother told officers that she was in another room of the house when she heard her son cry out from the area of the living room.
When she went to check on him she found her sister, Ramon Braswell, standing near her son holding a Taser. Braswell was laughing and was activating the Taser several times, but not touching the child, according to police.
Her son immediately told her that his aunt had shocked on the arm and that it hurt. Braswell denied touching the child with the Taser, but marks left on his left arm confirmed that contact had been made with his skin, police said.
Braswell continued to deny shocking the child, when questioned, officers said.
According to police, she said she was activating the Taser near the boy and at one point placed the Taser handle on his arm, but not the electrodes. She said the Taser belonged to a friend and she was just "playing" with the device.
Officers took Braswell into custody charging her with one count of felony child abuse. Her bond was set at $5,000.