MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. ( WWSB ) – After a week-long search, a child is in protective custody, and a woman has been arrested after allegedly knocking over a deputy in her vehicle while fleeing arrest.

According to the sheriff, Courtney Stanley, 27, is charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, fleeing to elude, petit theft with two prior convictions, child abuse without bodily harm, child neglect without bodily harm, obstruction, and resisting arrest after an incident that occurred on Tuesday, August 5.

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Deputies were investigating Stanley in connection with a theft at Walmart in Bradenton when she allegedly fled with her unrestrained 2-year-old daughter in the v

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