Charissa Frady
Charissa Frady, 35, was arrested after a two-year-old in her care fell out of a second-story window while she was under the influence of methamphetamine, police said.
Officers spoke to a child protective service investigator on Friday at the home of the victim. The investigator said she had received a call about a two-year-old in the hospital who had multiple injuries, including two possible broken legs, a fractured femur, a broken pelvis, spinal injury, and scratches and bruises.
The investigator said she was drug testing everyone in the home and retrieving the brother of the victim. She said the mother, Lakish Banther, 31, had told her that she had gone to the store and left her children with the suspect, who was her friend.
Ms. Banther told the investigator that she received a phone call from the suspect saying her child had fallen to the ground out of a window that is two stories high.
Ms. Frady told police she had not been watching the children, that she was in the kitchen while they were walking around the house. She said she was not sure how the victim fell or got out of the window, explaining that she had used meth that day and was currently under the influence.
Officers said they found meth on her person. The children were taken into custody by the Department of Children’s Services. Ms. Frady was charged on Saturday with aggravated child abuse or neglect and possession of methamphetamine.
The two-year-old was in surgery at the time police made their report.