Oregon Foster Mom Shakes Baby Violently, Covers Face With Blanket, Bangs Her Against Seat and Wall on Southwest Flight

By Joshua Summers First Posted: Jul 20, 2022 07:06 AM EDT

An Oregon foster mom is now facing charges after she was seen physically abusing her six-month-old baby during a Southwest flight.

News 8 Now reported that the incident occurred on July 12 after 6:30 p.m. on a Southwest flight to Las Vegas from Oregon.

According to Crime Online, Las Vegas police received a call about a passenger identified as Tiffany Brooks, whom witnesses claimed they saw abusing an infant girl. Citing the witnesses' statements, police said Brooks became upset at her daughter's crying.

Witnesses reportedly saw the Oregon foster mom shaking the baby violently and slamming her legs against the plane's seat and wall.

Witnesses also said that Tiffany Brooks tried to stop the baby's crying by putting a blanket over her face. When the infant would still not stop crying, the Oregon foster mom began shaking the baby up and down and side to side.

Oregon Foster Mom in Southwest Flight Arrested

The baby is now in child protective custody. Tiffany Brooks was apprehended and charged with felony child abuse.

Jail records showed that she was taken to the Clark County Detention Center but has since been released on bail. The Oregon foster mother is set to appear in court on August 10.

Last month, a minor girl was also harassed by an elder during a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Orlando. According to The News & Observer, Brian Patrick Durning, a 51-year-old California resident, was accused of allegedly groping a minor seated next to him.

The girl said Durning allegedly touched her inner left thigh, moved her thigh toward him, and then sexually abused her "over her clothing."

A woman seated by the window next to the child confirmed seeing Durning quickly moving "his right hand away." The woman then offered to switch seats with the girl and told the man that he was "scaring" the child.

When the girl's mother looked at her daughter and saw her mouth saying, "He touched me," she approached Durning and saw his pants "unzipped." A flight attendant then moved Durning to another seat for the remainder of the trip.

Federal agents arrested the man upon landing at Orlando International Airport and was charged with abusive sexual contact of a minor and committing a crime on an aircraft in flight. He was also directed to turn over his passport.

Child Abuse on Flights Not a 'Gray Area'

Travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt told Fox News in 2017 that abusing a child during flights was a very unpleasant situation that is full of "gray areas" as opposed to a "black-and-white type of situation."

Harteveldt noted that separating a parent and child during flights, in time of the abuse, can cause anxiety between the two, especially if the child sees his parent restrained by a flight attendant.

However, Stephanie Villafuerte of childprotectionpolicy.org noted that child abuse on planes does not create a "gray area." Villafuerte said state and federal child abuse laws clearly state that it is a crime to physically or emotionally cause harm to a child, whether in a home, a park, a local bus, or in an airplane.

She added that the airline's employees had a duty to protect a child the same as they would do to their adult passengers.

"It is not complicated, and it certainly is not 'gray'," she noted.

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Written by: Joshua Summers

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