BRISBANE – Police arrested a girl at a hotel on Wednesday after receiving a call that she was attacking her daughter with a machete, a news release said.
Brisbane Police received a call on Wednesday that a 13-year-old girl was being attacked by her mother with a machete on the Hilton Homewood Suites at 2000 Shoreline Ct. Officers arrived on the hotel room but received no response after they knocked. After several attempts to get someone to reply, officers from Brisbane Police and other neighboring agencies forced their way into the room.
Six children were present in the room, including the 13-year-old girl. The suspect refused to depart a second room where three more children were, police said. Authorities requested negotiators and extra resources to get the suspect to depart the room and check on the opposite three children.
The woman left the hotel room and was arrested a while later. The three children within the room were found unharmed and sleeping. After the suspect was arrested, the girl was examined by paramedics and located with a small cut that didn’t require medical attention. Another member of the family was called to look after all nine children, police said.
The 42-year-old woman was booked into Maguire Correctional Facility without bail on suspicion of inflicting bodily injury on a toddler, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment. She was also suspected of petty theft and bail was set at $5,000. She was scheduled to look in court Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
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