He said, "Mom slapped her." >> She gets disrespectful with me. She calls me a With these kids nowadays, they're so equipped to call the law enforcement the minute that, you know, things don't go their way. Oh my god, I didn't do that. Da da da. Like, you know, drive with me. Trying to swing me around. She grabbed my hair like this. >> On May 20th, 2025, officers responded to a domestic disturbance after a 13-year-old ran into a neighbor's house, reporting that her mother had gotten physical with her during an argument. The girl had bruising on her ribs, a bump on her head, and swelling on her face. >> How you doing, ma'am? >> Hi. >> Hey, buddy. >> Where's my granddaughter? Is she here or there? >> She's She's next door. >> Come here. Look. >> Teresa, grandma. The grandma. >> Okay. >> She didn't feel herself. That's fine. >> Got a call. Mom got into it. She's got physical bruises on her on her rib cage. She's got a bump on her head, a little bit of swelling down her face. She said mom slapped her. So I would have some paperwork over here. >> You want to grab over there? Come over here and bring her over to the their house. Come over here. >> I'll go see what she wants to do. >> Hey, grandma's here next door. Do you want to go over there? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Bye. Bye. >> Later, boys. >> I just got to grab my clipboard real quick. >> Yeah, grab that. Here's grandma here. All right, we can come over there if you want. >> Come over here. >> Whoever makes everybody more comfortable. I mean, they've been kind enough to let her hang out here for a little while. So, >> Lydia, can you just do me a favor real quick? Can you raise your right hand? And do you swear and affirm that everything you told me is true? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Lydia, is there any Can you fill out this for me? >> What is this? >> So, like, does she control your life and [clears throat] everything you do? Does she get upset when you're maybe a little defiant to what she says to do? Stuff like that. >> Um, what do I do here? >> So, so pretty much just what happened, what you told me in your own words. >> Do I get to read what she wrote? >> Yes. >> Yep. This is just a threat assessment on all these questions and boxes. That's her statement right there. >> Can I put a line through there? >> Yes. You can also do the same on this front sheet also underneath where there's no more writing. So, we got to go talk to mom, get her side of what happened today. If it's sufficient for an arrest, an arrest will be made. And what's sufficient for arrest? >> Well, right now we have probable cause for child abuse. >> I'm not the victim. >> No. So, she's she's going to fill this out. You're just going to sign below. So, it's just going to be your name, where you live, and your birthday. And then, if you can just fill out the top. This is when if we do decide to make an arrest and she gets out, you guys will be notified through this that she's that she's released from the jail. >> I think I would know. I have to go pick her up or something. >> Well, if she is arrested, she's not going to be allowed to come to the house. >> For how long? >> That's up to the judge. >> Yeah. You have access to your Ring doorbell camera. >> It It doesn't really record. >> Doesn't record? >> I'm so bad about connecting the internet. >> Okay. Well, from what she said, she ran out of the house to show her upset. That's what we're looking for. Anything crazy that would happen if a p camera picked up screaming, anything like that? >> No, it's not set up to do any of that. >> I'm concerned that she's got into an argument with her mother and that y'all are going to go probably arrest her based on whatever she wrote. >> Well, based on physical evidence, we have to. And depends on what mom says. >> Okay. Obviously, we'd have to speak to mom. >> I get it. >> Can't just go off of what one person says. >> I understand. >> All right. Any other questions? You can always give us a call. Okay. >> Okay. >> All right. Thank you, dear. >> Hello. >> Hey. How are you? >> All right. Deputy dog at the sheriff's office. Miss Brooke. >> Yep. >> The reason I'm stopping out with you is I got a report from Lydia. I guess some sort of altercation happened back at the house. >> Yes. That's why I was headed to the house right now to meet you guys. >> I got you. Yeah. We were We were coming to talk to you up there, but I guess >> that's fine. Did you guys want to go somewhere to talk about this or >> uh It was fine. >> Okay. >> What happened? Basically, I picked up my daughter to take her to the dentist and they canled the appointment. My daughter has been doing a numerous things that we discussed for since this morning that I've asked her and she gets disrespectful with me. She called me a she charged me and I tried to hold her down and told her and I screamed in her face and told her, "Please don't hit me. Don't talk to me like this." Like, you cannot be disrespectful towards me. And when I got in the shower, she ran out the door and went to I guess the neighbor's house is my understanding. >> All right. And I have pictures of all the scratches and bruises that she Yeah. that she charged me. Yep. And I pinned her to the floor and I told her, "Please stop. Please stop." And she tried to hit me again. And then I called my mom, let my mom know that she ran out the house. I called my boyfriend, let them know that she ran out the house. I didn't know at that time that she went to the neighbor's house, but I guess the neighbor is the one who contacted my mom and told her that she contacted you guys. So, I just went to my job and I told my job, "Hey, I have an emergency. my daughter and I got into artification and that's why I was leaving my job to go to the to for the house. >> No, you're okay. It's all good. It's understandable. >> And her father is also aware. Um they know that she's been an adolescent. So he called me from California and said that he was on his way to get her DCF or anything like that's involved. >> And he's Ryan. >> Brian. Okay. >> Which she was actually flying out next week. >> Oh. Uh Lydia is supposed to fly to him. >> Yes. For the summer. >> All right. So, and everybody's very much aware of her grades slipping and dropping and her attitude changing in the last four or five months. So, >> it's it was just you and Lydia in the house and everything all this stuff happened, right? Are there any cameras in the home? >> No, unfortunately. No. >> Okay. And then like in the past is any has she ever like done anything like that to you? >> Yeah. >> Like can you describe any of that to me? >> Same thing. >> Same thing. Like she'll Can you tell me like what it is? >> She gets very upset and she gets very emotional and then I tell her you can't talk to me like that. Yeah, >> she'll talk to you like, you know how the kids are nowadays, like >> dah and it's like, you can't talk to me like that. Like, I'm your mom, you know, and um just pretty much telling me that um she's going to get me arrested and this and that. And I said, well, you can do whatever you have to do. My job is to raise an independent functioning adult, you know, and I'm trying to teach you manners and respect. And unfortunately, you know, with these kids nowadays, they're so equipped to call the law enforcement the minute that, you know, things don't go their way. I was signed up for flag football. I've had the flag football coach come to my car, tell me how she was acting up the whole time and she's disrespectful in front of the coach. She was being disrespectful, saying, "Oh my god, I didn't do that." Da da da. Like, you know, drive with me. She's 13. >> Same thing happened that night. Um, she gets mad, disrespectful. She yells at me, calls me the A lot of it I think is because there's been some strike between her and her dad. Was in jail for 10 years. We just did a custody battle. She has to go out there mandatory for 6 weeks. And I don't know if this is leading up to that. >> I don't know >> if she's being I don't know like what did she say, you know? So I don't really know if she doesn't open up to me. But when it comes down to the >> Did she take any like medications or anything? She diagnosed anything? >> No, I haven't taken her to the doctor for anything to be honest. I've just been doing trial and error trying to hope that this is just a phase. Everybody tells me that girls go through this phase. So, >> give me two seconds. I want to move my car out of the way. >> Absolutely. No problem. >> Deputy Loy, he's going to hang tie with you and talk to you. Okay. >> Like, everybody's against her. You know, nobody's for her. A lot of it just comes from being spoiled. I mean, this weekend she had a friend over all weekend. She didn't want to hang out with her mom after work, go to the beach. I bought her Door Dash. I bought her things, you know, and she's just becoming really spoiled and thinking that I'm supposed to just let her stay on the internet all day and her grades can do whatever they want and that's what it is. I'm supposed to deal with that. >> And I told her that's not how it works. >> Do you have any other like marks or injuries from today? >> I just have like I mean I don't really know. I just know that that's what my boss pointed out. Yeah, that >> you said there's like scratches on your chest. >> Yeah, >> right there. >> You know, and uh it's really good. Just the pictures I've sent for my coworker. No, I got you. It's still an investigation, right? You're saying she charges at you, right? >> Yes, sir. >> All right. At that point in time, you're just grabbing her to hold her down. >> Yeah. And then she starts uh while I'm grabbing her, she starts hitting me. >> Okay. Was that like a closed fist? >> Honestly, it happened so fast and with the scratches. I can't tell you if it was like with my her fist or not. I think it was more so than just like trying to do like this and like just, you know, and trying to swing me around. She grabbed my hair like this. She hit me against the wall. Like there's a bunch. It was so many different things that happened in the moment and I pinned her down. >> Okay. On the floor. >> And where did this whole altercation take place? >> It took place uh right by the stairs and there's a um little area. I don't know what you call it like the front front living room, but it's not designed for living more like a dining room area. My mom has set up >> closer to the front of the house and like the dining room. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. That's where this stuff works. >> Yes, sir. >> So, you're saying she's charging you. She's swinging at you. She pulls your hair, hits you. So, you grab her by the arms. How do you grab her? >> Honestly, I feel like I can't recall everything at this moment cuz my anxiety is very high. >> I understand. It's very high. >> Yeah. And I'm just very distraught with the whole thing. Um, but it just happened so fast. Um, I got you. >> I just recall at the end me telling her, "You can't just respect me like this. I'm your mother." Okay. >> And if you don't respect me, you're not going to respect anything in this world. And I said, you know, I just screamed at her and told her and she's like, "You hate me. You hate me." And I said, "It's not that I hate you. I just don't like your behavior." >> Yeah. Yeah. I got you. >> And then when I got up at I went to the shower to get ready for work and then that's when she ran off the ground. >> That's when she ran out. I got you. So, as far as her like when she was on the ground, right? Do you remember that like that part after that like physically like what happened like you getting up off the ground? >> I think that I like I just said I I'm having high anxiety to remember everything at this moment. Maybe if I just sit down and relax a little bit, I can recall exactly every step that you're asking. Um, but how about this? >> How about this? Take 5 minutes, right? Sit in the AC for a little bit. Please don't close the door. We're still in contact with you. Just ask you not to do that. >> Yes, sir. >> Think about it for a little bit and I'll come back and talk to you again. Okay. Is that okay? All right. I'll be right back. This is Deputy Joseph. He's the one who's taking the reporting conducting the investigation. >> Yes, sir. Thank you. Um, she was walking really slow to get out of the building and the secretary said, "Oh, she's coming, but she's moving very slow." And she started giving the lady an attitude saying, "I'm not moving slow. What are you talking about?" Blah, blah, blah. Like talking back. And so I told her, "You can't do that." We walked out and I said, "You need to go back in there and apologize." Then I asked her whose headset she had. She had a pair of headsets of a friend. I said, "These are $100 headsets, Beats. can you please give them to the lady and have them return it to its owner cuz we can't be responsible for that. So then she's off at me. We go to get to the dentist and we're talking about all her responsibilities that she has been doing. Brushing her teeth twice a day, making sure, you know, certain things are done and chores around the house, whatever. Whatever. We get to the dentist. The dentist said that we don't start till 1:15. I said, "I have to be to work at 2:00. Is there any way I can get an Uber to bring her home?" The dentist said, "No, she can't stay here by herself." So at that point I rescheduled the appointment for Friday and then we were still discussing on the way home the different things. When we got home she started raging out basically calling me a bunch of different things and charged me and I just hit her to the floor. All the actions in between I can't 100% explain because it happened so quickly and so fast. So when I got into the shower, she decided to run out the door with me when she was on and now I'm understanding the other side that she went to the neighbor's house and they contacted you guys and here we are. Um, I was contacted at work through my mom, but the neighbor contacted her and I was headed home and that's when they stopped me here. So, pretty much that in a nutshell. And I do have both of my kids parents on the line just so that if we need to, you know, get my kids or whatnot. So, so I can make arrangements for them if you guys cuz my mom said that you guys come bruises on her. She did come home from a girl named Johnny's house on Friday with bruises or Saturday. I'm not quite sure what day it was cuz I've been working on those bruises were. >> No, they were horse playing, but I can't tell you exactly everything. I just know that they called me and pretty much she showed me like on her arm and like on her either I don't know what rib or something like that. So, I don't know exactly the bruises, but I just told her, "Dang, you bruised easily and you know, you shouldn't be playing like that, you know, to where it's, you know, causing that." So, and that's basically everything in a nutshell. So, >> and then you said you were you were disciplining her. Yeah, I was just telling her that I'm taking her phone away and that's when she charged me because of the situation that >> How did she charge you exactly? >> Well, at this point they've asked me to remain silent just because I can't recall exactly what happened event after event because it happened so quickly and I was trying to get to work so I wasn't awake. I just started this job. >> So, you didn't want to talk to us anymore then? >> I do. I don't want to be disrespectful, but I I don't want to um you know, I don't want to feel like I need to, you know, like tell you every I can't recall every scenario that happened in that moment because it's an emotional moment. And um obviously we're here and this is not a right state of mind for me. And I mean, I'll tell you, she's been a straight A student since January. Her grades got slipped in February. She's been hanging around the wrong people. She's been in school suspension, almost threatened out school suspension. The counselor has asked me to contact her. I have contacted her several times. But since the seventh grade counselor is unavailable because the eighth grade counselor passed away, she's taken on two jobs and she hasn't really been able to contact me. So, this is just where I'm at. I know that another thing that's been bothering her is she feels like I'm forcing her to go to California, which she's supposed to leave next Friday to visit her dad >> for the summer or something >> for the summer for 6 weeks. And um she's been very angry at me that I have made an agreement with her dad. We went to mediation and he agreed to pay child support. I have to give him time, Sherry. It just is what it is. He's your father. But he did a 10-year bid and she feels some type of way cuz she hasn't really been in his life or he hasn't been in her life. And really, that's when all this acting out and changing groups of friends and boyfriends and all this things started going downhill. So, so yes, sir. That's where we're at. >> Okay. Can you do me a favor? Can you step out of the vehicle, please? Do me a favor. Turn around, please. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> And my phone. My car is still on. >> Okay. Yeah. We'll take care of that. Can you step over here away from the door? Okay. >> And are you put this in the cup holder? >> That's fine. Yeah. Can you not do it too tight? >> I'm making sure. Yep. I'm making sure I got >> Yeah. Yeah. I'll I'll I'll loosen that up a touch. >> Mhm. >> Thank you, guys. >> But we're going to walk over to you. For what it's worth, we appreciate you. >> No. >> I know it's a crap situation. >> Yes, sir. >> Some people act differently. No, I understand. >> You've been nothing but respectful the whole time. >> I appreciate it. Thank you guys. Awesome. >> If you want to just do me a favor, step up here real quick. >> Yes, sir. >> Thank you guys so much. >> Like I said, we're not here to make your day any worse than it already is. >> No, I appreciate it. >> Thanks. >> Yeah. >> Hey, Courtney. It's Brooke. >> Hey. >> Hey. I wanted to let you know they did detain me and I'm headed to jail for the night until court in the morning. So, I know I'm off tomorrow, but I know obviously AA is going to put a flag for me not to be able to work with this type of investigation cuz they are arresting me for child. >> Okay. >> Um, so I I'll be in touch with you or my attorney will um I guess by the end of the week or you know, I guess we'll just take it from there. >> Yes, ma'am. And I'll let you know what's going on. Okay. >> Okay. Thank you so much, Courtney. I appreciate you. >> Thank you. It's easier to do it in here. >> I appreciate it. I'm so scared to go in here. The woman was charged with without great bodily harm.