NASHUA, N.H. (AP) – A woman was charged with assault Wednesday after she forced a 10-year-old girl to stand in a corner all night to discipline her, spraying water on her to keep her awake, police said.

Theresa Bergeron, 35, was charged with second-degree assault and ordered held on $10,000 bail.

“There were several allegations of abuse or assault, the most egregious being that the juvenile was made to stand in one location for 16 hours,” Lt. Jeffrey Bukhunt said.

at which time the victim was dressed only in undergarments,” Lt. Jeffrey Bukhunt said.

Investigators said the girl told them that the same thing happened the previous night, and she was forced to write, “I will stop being ignorant and defiant,” while Bergeron called her vulgar names.

School officials called police when a teacher noticed that the child was having trouble staying awake.

“The child was a fourth-grade student, and the teacher noticed she was falling asleep in class and was noticeably limping,” Bukhunt said. “That’s what raised the attention of the teacher.”

At school, the girl told officials that she once spilled milk from her morning cereal and was forced to eat from the same bowl for dinner after it sat in milk all day, police said.

Investigators said that on another occasion, the girl was laughing in the shower and Bergeron denied her soap. The girl also told police that she was locked in her bedroom at night and not allowed to use the bathroom, forcing her to urinate out a window or in a heating vent.

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Information from: WMUR-TV, http://www.thewmurchannel.com/index.html

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