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Inset: Lucianny Luna (Miami-Dade Corrections). Background: Luna”s listed address in Miami, Fla. (Google Maps).
In a troubling case out of Florida, authorities have arrested a woman who allegedly attacked her 12-year-old son multiple times after he accused her of infidelity towards his stepfather, according to local law enforcement.
Identified as Lucianny Lizbeth Luna, 32, she faces charges of child abuse without causing harm, as documented in Miami-Dade County court records.
The arrest took place on Thursday following the boy’s report to school officials about the injuries inflicted by his mother, as detailed in a criminal complaint and arrest affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime.
A police officer, along with a child protective services representative, responded to the school and noted the boy’s injuries, which included a bruise with cuts on his left face near his eye. The boy explained these injuries occurred the previous day when his mother struck him.
The arrest document describes the sequence of events: “The defendant picked him up from school and began driving in his stepfather’s car to Gwen Cherry Park for a practice session. During the drive, she was talking on the phone with a man whom the child believed was involved with his mother romantically.”
The situation escalated during the car ride when the mother told the man she was taking her son to the park to play. The boy interrupted, clarifying, “I’m not going to play, it’s just so the coach can go to pick me up,” according to the Miami Police Department’s account.
“The defendant then struck the victim in the face with her right hand, slapping him in the middle of his face,” the police officer wrote. “I observed a small bruise in between his eyebrows. The defendant then grabbed his hair, pulled it, and struck him on the back of his head, approximately eighteen to nineteen times, with a small glass bottle.”
The boy, however, said he did not have an injury on the back of his head from the bottle, but that “it was sore.”
“The victim stated that after he was hit, he felt in shock and froze for a moment, and the defendant began to shake him,” the charging document continues. “The victim stated that when they were closer to his residence, she then attempted to slash him with her keys. The victim tried to deflect the strike, but the key stabbed him in his right palm. I observed a small laceration to his right palm.”
After entering the residence, the child told his stepfather “the defendant was on the phone with the other man,” police said. The stepfather then said something to the effect of: “I’m tired of you doing this, and instructed the victim to go take a shower.”
After the boy took a shower, his stepfather asked him to “come back and repeat what he had told him earlier.”
“While the victim was mid-sentence, the defendant struck the victim on the left side of his face, causing an injury near his eye,” the complaint goes on. “The defendant then slammed the victim against the wall. The victim began to run away from the defendant, but then [his mother] grabbed the victims towel, holding him back.”
Then, the stepfather intervened to hold Luna back, allowing the boy to run to his room and close the door, according to the complaint.
The defendant then allegedly issued a series of threats.
“The defendant was outside of his door yelling to the victim I want to kill you,” the complaint reads. “You’re not my son. Come out the door, and I’ll kill you with anything I have. The victim then called his aunt.”
During their Instagram call, the boy showed his aunt his injuries and asked her to contact his grandparents so they could pick him up.
“The victim stated he was in fear for his life and that he wanted to call 911, but he was scared,” the police officer wrote. “I observed a contusion around the victim’s left eye with several small lacerations and a small bruise on his mid back.”
The aunt would go on to corroborate the boy’s story, including the injury to the child’s left eye, according to the police department.
Later, police contacted Luna about the incident.
“The defendant admitted to hitting the victim several times on the back, once with an open hand and could not recall the subsequent strikes,” the charging document reads. “She denied hitting him in the face or on the back of his head.”
The defendant was subsequently arrested and booked in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. On Friday, she posted $5,000 bond. Court records do not currently show any scheduled hearings.