Two Cullman County residents are free on bond following their arrests on burglary charges last week in Jefferson County.

Responding to an alleged eyewitness’ report of a break-in in progress at a Mt. Olive residence, Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jordan Blake Parker and Justina Marie Freeman, both of Cullman, on Aug. 4.

Parker and Freeman, along with another man, were arrested and booked into the Jefferson County jail on charges of third degree burglary. The third suspect, 39 year-old Jeffrey McClure of Mt. Olive, was also charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance. 

The alleged break-in occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m. last Thursday, after a Mt. Olive resident called the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to report three people attempting to force the front door of a home on Mt. Olive Road. 

The three were not at the house when deputies responded at the scene, but were found walking along the road nearby, where they were taken into custody.

Both Parker and Freeman were released Friday morning on bonds of $5,000 each. McClure was also released after posting a $6,000 bond.

Freeman has been out of jail on a $50,000 bond since July 2013 after a Cullman County grand jury indicted her charges in connection with the drowning death of her 13-month-old son in May 2012.

Freeman and the baby’s father, B.J. Bryant, were both charged with manslaughter, aggravated child abuse and criminally negligent homicide after the baby died at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham five days after he was found unresponsive in the young couple’s bathtub.

Former Chief Deputy Max Bartlett told The Times in 2013 the conditions of the scene and the home indicated the boy had been severely neglected. Bryant was 21 years old and Freeman 17 at the time of their infant son’s death.

In October 2015, the baby’s father, B.J. Bryant, pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse was given a one-year sentence and five years supervised probation. As a condition of his plea agreement, Bryant is required to testify against Freeman.

In November, Freeman’s court-appointed attorney Sara Baker filed a motion requesting to withdraw from the case, citing an inability to contact Freeman.

“Mailed requests have gone unanswered. Attempts to contact her by phone have been unsuccessful and there is no voicemail available at the numbers provided by the defendant,” Baker’s motion states. “Counsel is unable to provide any sort of notice to the defendant without her cooperation.”

A hearing was set for December 2015 to address Baker’s motion to withdraw. Freeman’s case was also set on a April 29 further pleading docket — a defendant’s “last chance” to plea not guilty and go to trial or negotiate a plea deal.

It’s not clear the outcome of either proceeding or whether Freeman’s bond will be revoked due to the burglary charge.