Mother of boy in Amber Alert charged with domestic violence [Video]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A mother was arrested Friday in connection with an Amber Alert for her 4-year-old son.

Sierra Brown, 24, was charged with domestic violence and assault. Her friend, 23-year-old Taysen Hixon, was also arrested and charged with aggravated menacing.

Just before 5 a.m., Brown’s son Matthew Brown-Giamarco was reported missing by his father from the area of Wedgewood Drive and Eakin Road in southwest Columbus.

Columbus Police Sgt. James Fuqua said there was a domestic dispute between Brown and the father before the missing child report was filed.

Records from the Franklin County Municipal Court state that just before 3:50 a.m., Brown struck the father multiple times in the face and body. Court records did not provide details as to what led to the alleged assault.

Hixon allegedly pointed a …