WILKES-BARRE —A Wilkes-Barre woman was arraigned Thursday on charges she punched and slapped a boy while she was a patient in the emergency room at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, according to court records.

Samantha Brislin, 38, of Hazle Street, was in the emergency room where she was observed by a hospital staff member “body slam” a boy onto a bed on Wednesday, court records say.

Police in court records say Brislin and the boy were moved to another emergency room equipped with a surveillance camera where she was seen punching the boy on his back and slap the boy’s buttocks.

A Child-line call was made resulting in a caseworker from Luzerne County Children and Youth, Family Services being dispatched to the emergency room.

Brislin claimed she disciplined the boy for “throwing things” but

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