An Alabama jury found 28-year-old Erin Griffith guilty of aggravated child abuse after prosecutors accused her of hitting and severely injuring a child with an unidentified object. The verdict matters because it concerns serious physical abuse, although the available report does not clarify the child’s identity or relationship to Griffith.

Court documents state that Griffith, from Grand Bay, was convicted on 22 September and is due to be sentenced on 5 November. They also show she was arrested in a separate child-abuse case in November 2024, held on a $15,000 bond and released three days later; the outcome of that earlier case was not stated.