Oakland Co. Woman Duct Tapes Disabled Sister, Straps 4-Year-Old Daughter To Stroller: Cops

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, MI — A Waterford Township woman is in trouble after abusing her developmentally disabled sister and her own daughter, according to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office.

Brittany Ivory, 31, was charged with two counts of unlawful imprisonment, second-degree child abuse and third-degree vulnerable adult abuse.

Ivory was placed in the Oakland County Jail with a bond set at $10,000. Her next court date is scheduled for Oct. 1.

If convicted, she faces up to 15 years in prison and/or a fine up to $20,000 for the unlawful imprisonment charge, up to 10 years in prison for the child abuse charge and up to two years imprisonment and/or a fine up to $2,500 for the third-degree vulnerable adult abuse charge.

Officers were called at 3:30 p.m. last Saturday to a Waterford Township home where they found a 32-year-old woman bound by duct tape in the backyard, according to prosecutors.

Inside the home, officers found a 4-year-old girl in a bedroom where she was strapped to a stroller, according to prosecutors.

Officials took both the woman and the girl to a nearby hospital for treatment, according to prosecutors.

Ivory, who is her sister’s legal caretaker, tied both of them up before leaving the home, according to prosecutors.

"Caretakers are entrusted to support and protect the safety of individuals in their care," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. "To use your position of trust to abuse another individual, in this case, a child and a vulnerable adult, is abhorrent."