Brownwood News – On Tuesday, November 5th, Amelia Denise Thompson turned herself into the Brown County Jail on charges of Injury to a child. The charges were filed by Early Police Department following an accident on August 8th of this year where Thompson was driving a 1999 Mercury 4 door on CC Woodson Road. According to Early Police, she ran off the road into a shallow creek striking a tree. The 5-year-old passenger, Thompson’s granddaughter, was not restrained in the vehicle and received injuries to her face and head.
According to Early Police, Thompson grabbed the 5-year-old from the vehicle, jumped into the vehicle of a passing motorist who stopped to help. The motorist dropped Thompson and the 5-year-old at the Tractor supply parking lot where Thompson and the 5-year-old got into another vehicle and fled the area. The child was later taken to the Emergency Room where the 5-year-old was later transported to Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth.
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Thompson was charged with leaving the scene of an accident along with the Injury to Child charges with serious bodily injury, a 2nd degree felony. Her bond was set at $20,000.
Brown County Jail records indicate Thompson has a lengthy criminal history dating back to 1997. She is 51 years of age.