Pittsburgh Woman Slams Infant Onto Ground: Police

PITTSBURGH, PA — A woman is facing numerous charges after allegedly throwing a one-year-old infant to the ground following a verbal and physical altercation with the infant's father.

According to the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, Shataiya Troutman, 30, was inside the entrance to the Downtown Municipal Courts Building when the incident occurred. When the father told her he could not take the infant from her because he had business to attend to inside the building, Troutman threw the infant on the ground and hit the father in the head before leaving the facility.

Multiple deputies and City of Pittsburgh police officers responded to the scene during which a Pittsburgh homicide detective was able to get the license plate for Troutman’s vehicle and broadcast that information over the radio.

Troutman’s vehicle was subsequently spotted and pursued by multiple agencies before that pursuit was terminated. Shortly after, a sheriff's office lieutenant identified an address for Troutman and upon arriving at the address, saw Troutman’s vehicle in the driveway and was able to take her into custody.

Troutman is charged with one count each of endangering the welfare of children, aggravated assault with the victim being under six years old, recklessly endangering another person and two counts of simple assault.

She is being held in the county jail.