Mother arrested for Child Endangerment

On 05-29-09, Waterloo Police Investigators arrested Tiara Williams, age 24, of 2216 Plainview, Waterloo, Iowa on three (3) counts of Child Endangerment - Class "C" Felony, for injuries that occurred to her children on or before February 9, 2008. Williams is being held in the Black Hawk County Jail on a bond of $75,000.00

During the investigation of this case, Tiara Williams' three children, twins age 8 months and a daughter, age 19 months, were found to have multiple broken bones and soft tissue injuires in various stages of healing. Tiara Williams admitted to officers during the investigation that she noticed the injuires to her children but did not call the police to report the injuries.

Tiara Williams' husband, Autwaun Willaims Sr., was arrested shortly after the initial investigation and plead guilty to Murder in the Second Degree in May 2009 for the death of one of the children, Autwaun Williams, Jr.

Captain Tim Pillack, Waterloo Police Investigations, 319-291-4336