Jorelys Rivera's mother arrested for battery | News

CANTON, Ga. -- The mother of Jorelys Rivera, the 7-year-old girl murdered at her Canton apartment complex late last year, was arrested Monday after a dispute with her partner.

Joselinne Rivera-Ruiz and her girlfriend Maria Americano were taken into custody after getting into a fight at their Walden Crossing Drive home.

According to the incident report, Americano's daughter told police Ruiz and Americano got into a physical fight. The daughter said she locked herself and Ruiz's 1- and 4-year-old daughters in a bedroom and called 911.

Americano's daughter told police the two women had a history of fighting and that her mother was usually the aggressor.

Ruiz and Americano were arrested and charged with battery and cruelty to children.