Woman Charged with Child Abuse Torture for Bear Spray Attack

0:00It's April 7th. Welcome to Birmingham News Today, powered by AI, a 37-year-old woman in Leeds, Alabama is facing child abuse torture charges for allegedly spraying bear spray into a miner's eyes or mouth. Christy Lache Williams got picked up by police on Monday, April 6th, and bonded out of Jefferson County Jail soon after. Leeds cops are running point on the whole probe. The incident went down in early March, and folks are reeling because bear spray packs a serious punch. It's an EPA-regulated pesticide, stronger than, pepper spray, hitting in a cloud up to 40 feet away. That kind of charge is a class C felony, with a possible 10-year prison stretch if convicted. We'll watch closely as the case unfolds and just as plays out for that kid.