A Bradley County woman is charged with aggravated child abuse and two counts of aggravated child endangerment after deputies responded to a 911 call of a domestic disturbance Sunday night.
Before they arrived at the Rodney Way home, a neighbor who made the call reported a woman was outside holding an infant upside down by one leg, according to the Bradley County Sheriff’s Department.
“As far as child abuse cases go, this is a bit unusual,” said Bob Gault, spokesman for the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office. “This was a situation where you had a person actually holding a baby upside down by the foot. It’s the first time I can recall seeing that.”
Deputies spoke to one of the people at the scene and were told the woman drove off in a reckless manner with two children, ages 1 and 2, in the vehicle. An alert was sent to the Cleveland Police Department, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Whitfield County, Ga., Sheriff’s Office after authorities learned she could be headed in one of those directions.
“It’s good to have other agencies you can call on when you need assistance on an investigation,” Mr. Gault said.