Richmond resident charged with assault over alleged child abuse

Allison Junkin, 25, was charged Wednesday in Wayne Circuit Court with assault resulting in bodily injury to a person under 14, a Level 5 felony punishable by up to six years in prison.

According to an affidavit, Junklin had been watching a friend’s daughter before daycare workers noticed a “handprint on the left side of (the child’s) face.”

Richmond police and Indiana Department of Child Services officials were subsequently notified.

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When questioned by police, Junkin initially denied any knowledge of who hit the child.

After Junkin checked himself into the psychiatric ward at Reid Hospital, a second interview was conducted with police. The Richmond resident then reportedly admitted to slapping the girl after the child bit her arm.