A Marion County woman is facing misdemeanor charges after she was accused of tattooing her neighbor’s 11-year-old daughter.
On Thursday, January 2, the child’s mother contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office to report that her child had been tattooed by her neighbor, 33-year-old Lauren Christina Halley, according to the arrest report.
The mother advised that she had left her 11-year-old child with her boyfriend at their residence in Fort McCoy while she went to a doctor’s appointment. The report stated that when the mother returned home, she discovered her child was at Halley’s residence.
An MCSO corporal noted in the report that the mother’s child had been to Halley’s home “several times before,” and the mother was not initially concerned. However, when she went to retrieve her child, she allegedly saw Halley “putting away a tattoo gun.”
When the mother commented on the tattoo gun, Halley allegedly advised that she had “given the (child) a tattoo.”
The corporal responded to the incident location and made contact with the 11-year-old child. The report stated that the victim’s left thigh had a penny-sized tattoo of a heart, which “appeared to be permanent due to the coloration appearing to be within the skin, as well as minor irritation and redness to the area.”
In a written statement, the child said that Halley gave her the tattoo. The child’s mother informed the corporal that she did not consent to the tattoo, adding that she did not sign any form for her child to be tattooed by Halley.
According to the report, the corporal contacted the Florida Department of Health, and a database search revealed that Halley did not have a tattoo artist license.
The sheriff’s office was initially unable to locate Halley. Four weeks after the incident, on Thursday, January 30, Halley was arrested on a warrant for tattooing a minor without the consent of the parent/guardian and practicing tattooing without a license or registration.
Halley was booked into Marion County Jail, and she was released the following morning after posting bond.
A court date has not been scheduled yet, according to jail records.
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source: ocala-news
