HARRIS COUNTY – The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office arrested a woman Friday after they said she dangled her 4-month-old infant out of a third story apartment window in north Harris County.
According to the constable’s office, they responded to the Venti Apartment Complex located in the 14300 block of Ella Blvd Friday after receiving multiple calls of a woman dangling a small infant out of the third floor apartment window.
When deputies arrived, they got the baby to safety and detained the woman, who was identified as GreOndria Whitfield. During further investigation, it was revealed that during a verbal altercation, Whitfield displayed a loaded gun and threatened to shoot multiple members on scene.
According to Precinct 4 deputy constables, Whitfield and her girlfriend were arguing at the complex. A neighbor snapped a picture of Whitfield dangling the child out of the window as other neighbors dialed 911.
“It was really an attention thing, she was not going to harm the baby,” said neighbor and friend, Courtney Alexander. “It was just a relationship argument, she was trying to get attention from her girlfriend, she was not going to harm the baby, that’s her own baby.”
A woman who answered the door to the couple’s apartment said she didn’t see the argument but came over to help Whitfield’s girlfriend pack her belongings. She said the woman went back to Atlanta.
Child Protective Services was contacted and told about the case. The child was released to a guardian on scene.
GreOndria Whitfield was arrested and booked into the Harris County Jail, charged with child endangerment and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Her bond was set at $40,000.