‘I have nothing to hide’: Police officer protests in tears as deputies take away her child in allegedly baseless endangerment claim

Miranda Brothers (Portage County Sheriff

Miranda Brothers (Portage County Sheriff’s Office).

“I have nothing to hide,” Mantua Police Officer Miranda L. Brothers, 29, tearfully told Portage County deputies as they took away her child to foster care and brought her to the station for questioning in a now-defunct criminal case. “I’m not doing anything wrong.”

The next day, on Jan. 2, 2024, Ohio authorities charged her with child endangerment. They claim she had previously left the child unattended with a sex offender, but prosecutors ended up dropping the case on July 11 — just five days before trial — saying that one of their “essential witnesses” was unavailable for an indefinite time due to medical issues. The situation further escalated, however, when Brothers recently sued the sheriff’s office and said the endangerment case was utterly baseless.

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