California woman sentenced for assaulting her child on flight to Seattle

SEATTLE — A California woman pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday after kicking and shaking her 2-year-old child while on a flight from Mexico to Seattle in May.

Breanna Mistler, 33, was sentenced to time served and a year of federal supervision for a misdemeanor charge of assault by beating, wounding or striking. 

According to a criminal complaint, Mistler was on a flight from Puerta Vallarta, Mexico to Seattle on May 1. A witness told police they saw Mistler kick the child after the child woke Mistler up during the flight.

A witness also told police Mistler shook the child like a “ragdoll.” 

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