Aurora woman charged after biting officer, threatening others with knife

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Mo. — An Aurora woman has been charged after allegedly threatening two children with a knife and biting a police officer while being placed under arrest.

According to online court documents, Brittany K. Gould is facing seven charges, including:

• second-degree assault (felony)
• third-degree assault (felony)
• unlawful use of a weapon (felony)
• two counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child (misdemeanor)
• resisting arrest (misdemeanor)
• fourth-degree domestic assault (misdemeanor)

Officers with the Aurora Marionville Police Department (AMPD) responded at around 10:18 p.m. on Nov. 28 for reports that Gould was threatening the residents of the home she was at.

A probable cause statement from AMPD said Gould threatened two juveniles with a large kitchen knife, as well as two other people who were in the home.

When officers were trying to take Gould into custody, documents say she bit one officer and broke skin during the altercation knowing she has hepatitis C. Gould also attempted to bite and threatened another officer, saying she would break the officer's nose and "f*** her up."

Gould is currently being held in the Lawrence County Jail without bond.