Florida Keys woman threatened to drown infant during fight with boyfriend, police say
A Florida Keys woman is in Monroe County jail Sunday after deputies say she threatened to drown her nine-month-old baby the day before.
The sheriff’s office said the incident stemmed from a domestic argument 32-year-old Ashley Marcella Brooks got into with her boyfriend at a home on Adobe Casa Court Drive in Key Largo around 3:40 p.m. Saturday.
Deputies say Brooks sent a text message to her boyfriend, who has not been named, saying she was going to drown the couple’s child.
The man found the baby “unattended and unharmed” inside a house while Brooks was swimming in a pool at a home next door, said sheriff’s office spokesman Adam Linhardt.
Deputies arrested Brooks later in the day. She is being held in county jail on felony charges of child neglect and making written/electronic threats of bodily hard.
Brooks is scheduled to appear before a judge to answer for the charges on Aug. 1.
This story was originally published July 16, 2023 at 3:06 PM.
