TALLADEGA COUNTY, Ala. – Court records show that a Sylacauga couple has been indicted on charges of willful child abuse in Talladega County.
Felicia Dawn Gates and Deavon Scot Burtran were each indicted for willful abuse of a child under the age of 18.
According to complaints filed in 2024 when Gates was first taken into custody on December 6, 2024 by the Talladega County Sheriff’s Department, she was reported to have struck the child in the face with a shoe and withheld food from the child.
Burtran is accused of grabbing and fracturing that child’s arm, as well as malnutrition. Burtran entered a not guilty plea and waived arraignment.
