Baby Kicked In Back By Mother Suspected Of Shoplifting At Bergen Co. Walmart: Police

TETERBORO, NJ — A mother being held in connection with a suspected shoplifting incident was accused of then kicking her infant daughter in the back, Moonachie police Lt. Jeff Napolitano said.

Jamira McDaniel, 23, of Paterson, was caught shoplifting by Teterboro Walmart Asset Protection personnel, and after being escorted to the security office, she placed her 1-year-old daughter on the floor and kicked her, Napolitano said.

McDaniel, upset by the girl who was now screaming and crying while being held by her aunt (i.e. the defendant's sister who was with her at the store), began punching walls and yelling for the baby to stop crying, police said.

She then grabbed the baby and began to shake her while she was being held by her aunt. The child was uninjured.

McDaniel was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, assault, shoplifting and criminal mischief. The aunt was not charged, and the child was turned over to family members.

McDaniel was remanded to the Bergen County Jail.