Mother gets probation for hosing child

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A mother in Orange County, Fla., will serve one year of supervised probation for spraying her daughter with a high-pressure hose, a judge has ruled.

Orange Circuit Court Judge Bob LeBlanc handed down his sentence Monday after Niurka "Nicki" Ramirez pleaded no contest to a related misdemeanor charge, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported.

For her plea on a related battery charge, felony child abuse and culpable negligence charges were dropped by prosecutors in the case.

Prosecutors had accused Ramirez of using a high-pressure hose at a car wash to spray her 2-year-old daughter as a way to calm the child down.

The March incident, which occurred while Ramirez was pregnant, was captured by a surveillance camera and broadcast repeatedly in the Orlando media, the Sentinel said.

The newspaper said Ramirez is seeking to have her year of probation transferred to Puerto Rican authorities as she wants to relocate there in October.