A 24 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN IS IN THE METRO DETENTION CENTER, CHARGED WITH 9 COUNTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND A COUNT OF CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN GREAT BODILY HARM. APD SAYS ASHLEY MONTANO WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER CALLING 911 TO REPORT AN UNRESPONSIVE 2 YEAR OLD GIRL IN HER HOME IN THE 87 BLOCK OF ALVIRA SOUTHWEST.
TASIA MARTINEZ WITH APD SAYS POLICE QUESTIONED MONTANO AFTER THE TODDLER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND DOCTORS SAID SHE HAD SERIOUS TRAUMA TO HER BRAIN.
MARTINEZ SAYS MONTANO ADMITTED TO STRIKING THE CHILD AT LEAST FIVE TIMES AND THROWING HER TO THE FLOOR AT LEAST FOUR TIMES BECAUSE THE GIRL WAS HAVING A TEMPER TANTRUM. DOCTORS ALSO FOUND BRUISING ON THE CHILD BUTTOCKS WHERE MONTANO SAID SHE HAD SPANKED HER ON SATURDAY.
MARTINEZ SAYS IT'S UNKNOWN IF MONTANO AND THE TODDLER ARE RELATED. THE GIRL IS IN CRITICAL AND GUARDED CONDITION.
