Woman given filed charges after allegedly threatening to kill her disabled child on Facebook Live

(Photo Courtesy of the City of Aliquippa Police Department)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)

(Aliquippa, PA) A woman has charges filed after allegedly making several threats on Facebook Live to kill her eight-year-old disabled child. Forty-two-year-old Valerie McDermott of McMinn Street was the suspect who refused arrest from officers who received calls on Monday about her. Police took McDermott to the Beaver County Jail without incident after forcing themselves into her home. McDermott faces one felony charge and two misdemeanor charges.