Overview

• Ross Township police arrested Tiarika Baymon, 32, after tracking her car from an Amber Alert issued in Brunswick/Medina County, Ohio.
• Officers found Baymon asleep in a parked vehicle with a loaded gun on her lap and the 7-year-old lying on folded-down rear seats; they forcibly removed her as the gun fell to the ground.
• The child suffered multiple traumatic injuries with possible broken bones, was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital, and was later transferred to UPMC Mercy’s burn unit; police say he is expected to survive.
• An Allegheny County judge denied bond at a Monday hearing; Baymon faces a second-degree felony count of endangering the welfare of children plus misdemeanors including carrying a firearm without a license, reckless endangerment, obstruction, resisting arrest, and false identification.
• Brunswick police say a prior welfare check found no legal cause to detain Baymon, then an FBI tip about an Instagram video showing the boy bound and injured triggered the alert; Ohio authorities filed a child endangerment charge and expect a Medina County grand jury indictment.