Darnell Lee Kreuzer says she pushed Julia Coelah out of the way to protect the five-year-old from a rolling golf ball. Witnesses say it was more of a body slam.

Police in Daytona Beach, Fla., charged Kreuzer with child abuse on July 28 for an alleged attack on Coelah at a miniature golf course on June 27.

According to local media reports, Kreuzer, 40, was on the course’s 18th hole when Coelah’s foot got in the way of a rolling golf ball. The woman grabbed the child by the arms and legs and threw her to the ground. She then allegedly swung at the girl with a golf club.

Kreuzer left the scene with her children before police arrived, but witnesses took down her vehicle’s license plate number. Coelah was treated for bruises and scratches to her face.

When police questioned Kreuzer, she told them she had pushed the girl to keep her out of the way of a golf ball, the report said. Kreuzer was charged with child abuse. She could face up to five years in jail if convicted.

According to authorities, Lori Marie Heine abandoned her seven-year-old son by the road and drove off.

Why? The boy threw a tantrum after she refused to buy two McDonald’s Happy Meals that he wanted.

According to Zephyr Hills Police Captain Randy Delasic, the boy wandered up to a stranger at a local park at about 8:23 p.m. on July 26 and requested help locating his mother. The boy informed the man that his mother had gotten angry because he had asked for a cheeseburger Happy Meal and a Chicken McNuggets Happy Meal. She allegedly ordered him out of the car, told him that she was never coming back to pick him up and then drove away. The Good Samaritan contacted police who arrived at the park and took the boy into protective custody.

Delasic said the boy’s 23-year-old sister later called police to report her brother missing and was told that he was at the station. She was also asked to bring in their mother.

At the station, Heine, who reportedly appeared intoxicated, confirmed that she argued with her son about the Happy Meals, but that she parked the car by road in order to drink some beer and had only told her son to “go away for a while.” She later realized that he was missing when it started to get dark and had searched for him.