Humble Woman Charged With Injury to a Child: Deputies Say She Bit the 10-Year-Old Who Jumped In to Defend Her Mother
Constable deputies say the girl climbed on the woman's back to stop an assault on her mother in a Saddle Ridge home - and was bitten on the arm. The accused is a Houston ISD Pre-K teacher, now reassigned.
A Humble woman has been arrested after a 10-year-old girl was bitten while stepping in to protect her mother, according to Harris County Constable Mark Herman's Office, in a case reported by FOX 26 Houston. Constable deputies were called about a disturbance at a home on Stallion Trail in the Saddle Ridge subdivision in Humble.
When deputies arrived, they learned a woman identified as Brittnay Hooper had assaulted a mother and her 10-year-old daughter. According to court records cited in the report, Hooper was in a verbal altercation with the child's mother, who locked herself in a bathroom; Hooper allegedly forced her way inside and began to assault the woman, and the 10-year-old jumped on Hooper's back to defend her mother when Hooper bit her on the arm. Court records say the child is Hooper's niece; the relationship between Hooper and the mother is unknown.
Hooper was booked into the Harris County Jail and formally charged with injury to a child. Her bond was set at $10,000. She is charged, not convicted, and the case will move through the Harris County courts.
Hooper is reportedly a Pre-K teacher at Houston ISD. The district told FOX 26 it was made aware of an incident involving an employee that occurred off campus over the weekend and was unrelated to any district or campus activities, and that the employee has been temporarily reassigned pending the results of an administrative investigation, in accordance with district policy.
