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ELKINS -- A local woman was arrested Friday afternoon and accused of attempting to drown a child in a water puddle downtown.
Catherine Alexis Briggs, 20, was charged with child abuse creating serious injury or death. She was booked at 4 p.m. Friday afternoon and is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail. No bond was set.
According to a press release late Friday afternoon by Elkins Police Department Chief Travis Bennett, "This afternoon Elkins Police Department officers responded to the alley between S. Davis Avenue and S. Railroad Avenue for a report of a female subject attempting to drown a child in a water puddle.
"Prior to officers' arrival, bystanders and City of Elkins sanitation employees were able to pull the suspect off the child and remove the child to safety," Bennett said in the press release.
"The child was transported to Davis Medical Center by EPD."
"The incident is still under investigation and more charges are likely," Bennett added.