Texas mom, 25, is charged with child endangerment for 'dangling her terrified son from a 35ft high balcony as punishment as he pleaded "don't drop me"'
A Texas mother has been arrested on a child endangerment charge after police say she dangled her young son from a third-floor balcony as he begged her to not drop him.
Desirae Korus, 25, from San Antonio, was arrested on Wednesday in connection to the incident that took place on Monday at the Costa Miranda apartment complex in the 9300 block of Somerset Road.
According to an arrest affidavit, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Agency was in the area conducting surveillance in his unmarked vehicle when he heard a woman screaming and a child crying.
Desirae Korus, 25, has been charged with endangerment of a child with the risk of bodily injury for allegedly dangling her young son from a third-floor balcony and threatening to drop him
The federal agent followed the sounds and spotted a woman, later identified as Korus, dragging a boy aged between 3 and 4 years old out on the balcony of a third-story apartment and verbally reprimand him
According to the document cited by San Antonio Express-News, Korus then picked her son up, held him over the balcony ledge about 35 feet above ground and yelled at him: 'are you going to touch that again?'
The agent heard the boy tearfully plead with his mother: 'don't drop me, no, no I won't do it again.'
The boy was described as being 'nearly unintelligible' because of his sobs.
According to the affidavit, Korus allegedly threatened to drop her son before she pulled him back into the balcony and let him go inside the apartment.
The incident took place at the Costa Miranda apartment complex in the 9300 block of Somerset Road in San Antonio and was witnessed by a DEA agent
Police were called to the scene, but Korus refused to open the door.
She was arrested two days later and booked into the Bexar County jail on a charge of endangerment of a child with the risk of bodily injury.
Korus was released after posting $20,000 bond. She is due back in court on January 5.
Court records in Bexar County indicate that Korus was arrested in 2012 on a charge of petty theft.