Carthage woman who allegedly choked daughter after she came home late bound over for trial

A Carthage woman who allegedly threw her 16-year-old daughter to the ground and choked her after she came home late was bound over for trial today after waiving her preliminary hearing in Jasper County Circuit Court on third-degree domestic assault and child abuse charges.

Candida Rena Hudson (DOB 1986) will be arraigned in Division One 9 a.m. October 6.

The allegation was detailed in the probable cause statement:

I was dispatched to 41 O W Fir Rd Apt C211 for a Physical Domestic in progress. Dispatch advised that the Reporting Party was a 16 year old female.

Upon arrival I made contact with Candida Hudson. Hudson told me her side of the events. I spoke with the victim, who is Hudson's daughter, who advised that she had come home late and Hudson started yelling at her.

The victim advised that her mom told her to leave the residence. The victim advised that when she tried to leave Hudson pulled her back and told her she could not leave.

The victim advised that when she stayed in the residence Hudson was furious and kept telling her to leave. The victim advised that when she tried to get away from Hudson her hair was pulled and she was drug to the front door by Hudson.

The victim advised that this happened twice. The victim advised that on the second time Hudson threw her to the ground and got on top of {her}. Hudson then put both her hands around the victim's throat and started choking the victim. The victim advised that Hudson was restricting her airway for approximately 20 to 30 seconds before Hudson got off of her. The victim advised that she was pushed out of the residence by Hudson and she fell to the ground.

The case was investigated by the Carthage Police Department.