ERNEST WOMAN SOUGHT BY POLICE IN CUSTODY

An Ernest woman that state police were looking for in connection with alleged child abuse is now in custody.

Troopers found 25-year-old Paige Madison Susan Walker Friday evening and she was arrested at that time.  She was wanted on two counts each of felony aggravated assault of a child under six years of age and child endangerment along with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault and two summary counts of harassment.  The charges were filed May 1^st after the State Police Criminal Investigation Unit received reports of alleged child abuse on February 26^th.  Troopers uncovered several incidents of physical abuse against children between February 1^st and 26^th at an apartment on Main Street in Ernest Borough.

She is now in Indiana County Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing.