Jamie Moore, 39, was arrested on Friday on charges of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child
A New Jersey teen who was found safe in New York City on Thursday after she went missing from her home one month earlier told cops her mother had been abusing her for years.
Officials now say Jashyah Moore, 14, ran away from home on October 14 to escape the verbal and physical abuse she endured at home, after her mother beat her for losing their EBT card and refused to enroll her in school.
'The young lady appears to have run away,' Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens said on Friday. 'And she did not want to make herself known to anyone as to where she was.
'She seemed to be ... more so at ease where she was.'
Jashyah was found safe on Thursday after a passerby recognized her and notified police.
One day later, her mother, Jamie Moore, 39, was arrested on charges of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, which includes 'allegations of physical abuse and also neglect,' according to a statement from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
A detention hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, and Jashyah and her 3-year-old brother have been removed from their mother's custody by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency.
It was unclear whether Jamie had an attorney who could speak on her behalf.
Jashyah Moore, 14, went missing on October 14 after visiting a deli near her home in East Orange, New Jersey, and was found safe in New York City on Thursday. She reportedly told police who found her that she was trying to escape her mother's abuse
According to a criminal complaint filed in an Essex County, New Jersey court, Jamie Moore beat Jashyah with objects like a frying pan several times, stabbed her in the shoulder, sprayed bleach in her eyes and pulled her braids out.
The abuse left the 14-year-old with scars and bruises, according to the complaint, obtained by NBC News.
The teenager was also reportedly forced to care for her
