Horrifying bodycam footage shows the moment a Georgia mom was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old son to walk less than a mile into a small town. Brittany Patterson, 41, was captured on police bodycam footage being handcuffed and taken into custody on October 30 after she left her son, Soren, home alone. Police can be heard informing Patterson that she was being arrested for 'child endangerment' as she stood in the doorway of her family's home. 'And how was I recklessly endangering my child?