During a traffic stop in Hoover, a mother was arrested and charged with the abuse of her child.
The 28-year-old Brittney Nicole Johnson is being accused of abusing children. She has passed out of the Jefferson County Jail after forming a bail.
A child who was under the age of 12 and had indicators of child abuse was discovered by the Hoover Police Department inside the vehicle. The investigation revealed that the child’s mother had struck him with a cord on many occasions, resulting in substantial injuries that were evident to the naked eye.
The Special Victims Unit detectives were alerted, and they immediately initiated an investigation, which is still ongoing at this time. The investigation is being conducted in coordination with the Department of Human Resources and the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office in Birmingham.