Sabrina SprayberryA 20-year-old Crossville, Ala., woman who claimed a falling shoe rack injured her infant son is facing an indictment charging her with child abuse in what medical officials called “nonaccidental trauma.”
The baby’s mother, Sabrina Sprayberry, was charged on an indictment earlier this week with aggravated child abuse, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Detective Craig White said. She’s free on $25,000 bond.
Sprayberry called 911 to report her son had fallen at their Crossville home and needed medical help. The incident happened on Aug. 11, 2013.
“The mother called 911 saying her son was having some type of a seizure,” White said. “The ambulance came, but the mother wound up transporting the child to [Marshall Medical Center] in Boaz, Ala.
“The injury was significant enough that the hospital in Boaz called in a helicopter to fly the baby in to Children’s [of Alabama] hospital in Birmingham where surgery was done,” he said.