COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- A northern Idaho woman has received a citation for suspicion of injury to a child after witnesses at a Fourth of July parade told police she disciplined her 2-year-old daughter in too harshly.

Capt. Ron Clark of the Coeur d'Alene Police says eight witnesses signed statements that 21-year-old Melissa Farrell caused injury to her child.

Dan Jackson

A northern Idaho woman has received a citation for suspicion of injury to a child after witnesses at a Fourth of July parade told police she spanked her 2-year-old daughter in too harsh a manner.

Farrell denies she hurt her daughter while preventing her from possibly running into the parade route. She says she's being targeted for punishing her child in a way that's contrary to the beliefs of those who complained to police.

Officials in 1st District Court say they have just received the paper work and that Farrell has not so far charged with a crime.

Clark says the officer who issued the citation reported no visible signs of injury to the child.