SEVIERVILLE — The sheriff’s office has filed a second charge of aggravated child abuse against a local woman after finding evidence she had injured her 11-month-old daughter in an earlier
SEVIERVILLE â The Sevier County Sheriffâs Office has charged a Strawberry Plains woman with aggravated child abuse after she allegedly admitted to severely injuring her 11-month-old daughter.
Samantha Paige Roberts, 23, of 4546 Winslow Drive in Strawberry Plains, told detectives she âpushed (her daughterâs) head down into the floor several times until she went lifeless,â according to Detective Jim Huddleston.
Detectives learned about the incident Saturday, after getting a call from a local hospital, where the child was being treated.
Roberts was home alone with the child that day; her husband was at work, according to the warrant.
The warrant does not say whether Roberts gave investigators any explanation for her actions.
Editorâs Note: The following information was taken from the intake reports gathered from the Sevier County Jail. All are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Names may be similar to other members of the community.
⢠Robin Michelle Allen, 46, of 575 Indian Knob Circle in Pigeon Forge, was charged Dec. 19 with DUI and driving on a suspended license. She was released.
⢠Demonte Burke-Agan, 24, of Villa Rica, Georgia, was charged Dec. 20 with disorderly conduct. He was released.
⢠Elizabeth Campbell-Townsend, 54, of Summerdale, Alabama, was charged Dec. 19 with public intoxication. She was released.
⢠Matthew Blake Counts, 32, of 1448 Flatwood Road in Sevierville, was charged Dec. 18 with violation of probation. He was being held.