Two arrested on Coffee County child abuse charges

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An Ariton man and woman were taken into custody on Monday and face charges of child abuse.

According to a release from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation began in December after a report of child abuse filed by the Coffee County Department of Human Resources. The report detailed a 4-month-old child that suffered serious physical injury that resulted in respiratory arrest.

The investigation led to warrants for Aggravated Child Abuse being issued against 19-year-old Brittany Taylor and 20-year-old Nate Smith.

Two arrested on Coffee County child abuse charges

An investigation began in December after a report of child abuse filed by Coffee County DHR.

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A woman accused of abusing a four-month-old child has been granted a bond of $180,000.

Brittney Taylor and Nate Smith are facing aggravated child abuse charges.

Prosecutors were asking the judge to make an Aniah’s Law ruling in both of their cases, which allows the judge to deny bond in a case with severe charges.

The court instead ruled that due to the information provided and the testimony Taylor could be issued a bond. So she will have the possibility of awaiting her next court appearance at her Ariton home

Along with the bond, the court ordered that Taylor have no contact with the four-month-old victim and that she not change her address.

Coffee Co. woman charged with child abuse granted bond

COFFEE COUNTY, Ala. (WDHN) — A woman accused of abusing a four-month-old child has been granted a bond of $180,000. Brittney Taylor and Nate Smith are facing aggravated child abuse charges. Brittne…

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Aniah’s Law is named after a 19-year-old Alabama college student, Aniah Blanchard, who was abducted from a convenience store in Auburn and killed in 2019. Her body was found by authorities a month later.

The man charged in Blanchard’s death had been free on a $280,000 bond after he was charged with kidnapping, robbery, and attempted murder in connection with an incident that occurred in Montgomery in Jan. 2019.
The new law makes it harder for people charged with violent crimes to be eligible for bail and includes the charge of aggravated abuse of a child under the age of 6, Wilson said.

Coffee County Sheriff Office Capt. Michael Hines said Monday that the couple was arrested following the Coffee County DHR report that states that a 4-month-old child “suffered serious physical injury that resulted in respiratory arrest.”

UPDATED: Ariton man, woman charged with child abuse in Coffee County fall under Aniah's Law

NEW BROCKTON — An Ariton couple charged with aggravated child abuse will have the first ‘Aniah’s Law’ hearings held in Coffee County within the law that was enacted in November

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