An 18-year-old Florida mother has been charged after police say she sent pictures of her stepping on her baby’s face to her friend and the child’s father.
Alicia Brea now faces one count of child abuse without great bodily harm.
According to WPLG, Brea’s friend called 911 on May 9 to report Brea for sending pictures of her “stomping” on her 10-month-old child’s face.
Court documents reviewed by Law&Crime reveal the conversation deputies had with Brea when they arrived at her home in Hollywood that day.
“(Brea) stated she was upset with her baby’s father and sent him a picture of her stepping (with her right foot) on the baby’s head to see if the baby’s father would come back to her,” deputies wrote in the arrest affidavit. “(Brea) stated she and the baby’s father had broken up earlier today and (she) was very upset.”
Police didn’t find any “visible injuries to the baby, the report states. Brea also told authorities that in addition to sending pictures to her friend, she also sent the baby’s father several additional photos showing that their child was unharmed and claimed that she “would never hurt the baby.”
After Brea signed a consent form allowing authorities to view messages and data on her phone, an officer found a picture of Brea stepping on the baby’s face.
That picture also shows the baby wearing the same clothes that police saw the child in when they got to Brea’s home.
Brea was booked into the Broward County Jail. She was released after posting a $20,000 bond.
A judge ordered that upon her release, she must be fitted with a GPS monitor to track her location at all times. She is also prohibited from making contact with her child and must undergo a mental health evaluation. Depending on the results of the evaluation, she also must comply with recommendations given by a doctor.
Meanwhile,
Baltimore police allege that a former teacher involved in an “inappropriate relationship” with a student helped that teenager shoot another boy last summer.
That educator, 38-year-old Matthew Biegel, now faces a dozen charges in the case, including attempted first-degree and conspiracy to commit murder, according to local reports.
Biegel was an agriculture teacher at Reginald F. Lewis High School of Business, Law, and Agriculture. According to a Baltimore City Schools spokesperson, he worked there from September 2015 to August 2023.
The case against Biegel stems from a shooting on July 10, 2023, in which a teen shot a 17-year-old in the face and torso. Detectives learned both teenagers were involved in a “volatile, on-again, off-again relationship” and that “physical altercations” happened frequently between the two.
Officers found the injured teen at a home on McElderry Street. From there, he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
He survived his wounds, and the teen who shot him was later taken into custody and charged with attempted murder.
In the moments that led up to the shooting, investigators say that the arrested teenager got out of the passenger seat of a black SUV, shot the other boy, then got back into the car, and fled the scene.
Police found the suspected shooter at Biegel’s home and arrested him there, The Baltimore Banner reports. Through “additional information,” detectives discovered that Biegel was in an “inappropriate relationship” with the teen.
Although police knew of Biegel’s ties to the shooter, Biegel wasn’t charged in the case until last month.
The shooting victim spoke to police on April 23 and told them he knew the driver’s name was “Matthew.” Court records indicate that Biegel drove the SUV to the shooting scene and that the car belonged to his parents.
Biegel was arrested on April 24 and booked into a local jail. He was later released after posting a $500,000 bond.
