Poplar Bluff mother accused of beating children free on bond

Daily American Republic

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff woman is free on $15,000 bond after being arrested Monday on charges she abused three of her children.

Pamela R. Taylor, 34, has been charged with three felonies of abuse of a child.

Taylor was accused of striking the children repeatedly with a belt resulting in bruises. She is also accused of throwing a chair at one of the children. The reported victims are ages 6, 9 and 10.

The charges are from an investigation by Butler County-Poplar Bluff child abuse detective Tonya Pride.