The child , who has not been named , told police his step-mom threatened to get a gun before he ran to his Minnesota school , the criminal complaint said . Tashay Caprice Johnson , 24 , allegedly assaulted the boy after his teacher left their home to discuss his behavioral problems . She then returned and attacked him again with an iron rod in her hand, according to court documents obtained by CNN affiliate WCCO. She faces up to five years in prison if convicted of making terroristic threats and malicious punishment of a child .
The child , who has not been named , told police his step-mom threatened to get a gun before he ran to his Minnesota school , the criminal complaint said . Tashay Caprice Johnson , 24 , allegedly assaulted the boy after his teacher left their home to discuss his behavioral problems . Boy told police Johnson hit him in the head with a baseball bat , struck him in the face with her fist and also hit him on the arm with a belt . She faces up to five years in prison if convicted of making terroristic threats and malicious punishment of a child .