A Mahoning Township woman has been accused of unleashing a violent assault on her juvenile daughter because of a blocked toilet.

Christine Mertz, 40, was arrested by Mahoning Township police after a report that she hit her daughter twice with a baseball bat, punching her about 10 times, and biting the girl twice.Mertz is presently in Carbon County jail on a probation violation, according to prison officials.She is scheduled for arraignment for the incident involving her child on May 21 before District Judge Edward M. Lewis of Jim Thorpe.Mertz has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault and harassment.The charges stem from an incident on Sunday, April 27.According to the affidavit, police were summoned to the Gnaden Huetten Campus of Blue Mountain Health System at 2:54 p.m. that day for an assault case that occurred at the Jamestown Street apartment.Patrolman Steven Homanko of the Mahoning Police Department went to the hospital and was met by the victim.Police said the girl told them her mother hit her with a wooden baseball bat at about 10 a.m. on that date.She told police it occurred because of a malfunction in the bathroom.She told police she was struck by the bat in the right arm and in the right leg.The girl told police she was also bitten two times by her mother and then punched with a closed fist about 10 times.There were bite marks on her wrist, police said.The daughter was released to the custody of a relative.Police said they went to the apartment and spoke with Mertz and her son at the residence.According to police, Mertz refused to speak to them but the son confirmed the daughter's story.Police said they confiscated the bat.