A Warsaw mother whose boyfriend was charged with abusing her child last week has been arrested on charges of child neglect. Amanda N. Everly, 24, Warsaw, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on one charge of neglect of a dependent following an investigation stemming from the hospitalization of her two-year-old and thearrest of her boyfriend, Bradley V. Waikel. The charge is a class D felony. The emergency room at Kosciusko Community Hospital contacted Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department detectives and the Indiana Department of Child Services Thursday regarding a two-year-old in their care with multiple injuries. Deputies interviewed Waikel at KCSD and subsequently booked him into Koscisuko County Jail on a $100,000 bond. He was charged with battery of a minor and neglect of a dependent, both class B felonies. The two-year-old boy was transferred from Kosciusko Community Hospital to Riley’s Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, suffering from multiple bruises and a skull fracture, according to a press release from KCSD. Detectives noted that the child suffered obvious injuries to his head and groin area. During the investigation, Everly admitting that both she and Waikel made a living selling drugs. Everly was booked into KCJ on a $5,000 bond.
