DOC employee charged after teen's accidental shooting
A state Department of Correction employee faces charges for leaving loaded guns in a residence where a 15-year-old accidentally shot himself, according to arrest warrants.
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Battista Louise Lassiter, 29, of 6612 Lake Hill Drive, was arrested Nov. 29 on charges of felony child abuse inflicting serious injury, possession of a weapon of mass destruction and misdemeanor child abuse.
The warrants say that on Nov. 28, Lassiter left the teen and her 3-year-old daughter alone in her house for 11½ hours. The teen got access to a sawed-off shotgun and another loaded firearm, then accidentally shot himself in the foot.
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