Picture it: You’re at a Verizon Store, say, in Alabama, buying a Blackberry or whatever the kids are using these days, when you hear a funny sound coming up from behind you. Without turning around, you assume it’s nothing serious: A stockboy moving some boxes; an old man with a lazy leg. Typical stuff. But as the noise approaches, you can’t help but think “You know? It almost sounds like some woman is dragging her kid through the store on a leash…”

Then you turn around and see this (Note: The video is disturbing):

For those of you in shock, good news: The woman did get arrested. Yay citizen crime watch:

An Alabama woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon after police say she injured a child while dragging it through a store in Rome. According to Floyd County Jail records: “Melissa Catherine Smith-Means, 37, of Gaylesville, Ala., was arrested by Rome police around 12:30 p.m. She was charged with felony first-degree cruelty to children. Police say she was observed by customers and employees at a store on Broad Street, dragging a small child around by a backpack leash. The child had visible marks on the neck from the incident.”

She remains in jail without bail.

Thus completing BWE.tv’s daily “Justice Is Served” quota.