Brown granted Mental Health Alternative sentencing after biting infant nephew

COLFAX — A Pullman woman who bit her infant nephew in December was granted a Mental Health Sentencing Alternative in Superior Court on Friday, Aug. 9.

During the court sentencing, Superior Court Judge Gary Libey granted the state’s recommendation for the alternative.

Tia Brown, 19, of Pullman was charged on Jan. 2, 2024, with Assault of a Child in the Second Degree.

During the court hearing Whitman County Deputy Prosecutor Lindsi Alcantar told the court that on Dec. 28, Brown had been babysitting her 6-month-old nephew who she ended up biting, leaving bite marks all over his body.

Brown pled g...