Maryland Woman Who Shot Husband Accused Of Molesting Children At Her Daycare Makes Court Appearance

Shanteari Weems, the Maryland lady who was arrested Thursday for capturing her husband in a Mandarin Oriental Resort resort room after she claimed he molested youngsters at her daycare, appeared in a District courtroom Monday for a preliminary listening to. The capturing occurred in D.C.

Weems, 50, has been charged with assault with intent to kill. On Tuesday, Baltimore County officers issued an arrest warrant for her husband James Weems Jr., 57, after he was accused of sexually abusing at the least three youngsters whereas working at his spouse’s daycare facility in Owings Mills, WJLA reported. 

Weems is an ex-Baltimore Metropolis cop who left the pressure 14 years in the past. Regulation enforcement officers mentioned that the home altercation started with a capturing within the 1300 block of Maryland Avenue Southwest, D.C. Police said {that a} man was shot at the least as soon as and a girl suspected of committing the capturing barricaded herself contained in the resort.

Shanteari Weems defined to D.C. cops that she traveled from Maryland to D.C. to satisfy along with her husband on July 20. Upon arrival, she requested her husband repeatedly about baby molestation accusations in Maryland. All through the journey, she had gotten a number of calls and messages from dad and mom and lecturers about her husband sexually assaulting their youngsters.

When police went to the room the place they believed the capturing occurred, they requested Weems if somebody had been shot inside. She responded, “f—- him, he’s a toddler molester,” court docket paperwork reveal.

Baltimore County officers began investigating James Weems earlier this month after being advised concerning the alleged abuse, a information launch states. He’s at the moment going through a number of prices and is at the moment hospitalized in police custody in D.C.

Baltimore County police issued an announcement final week:

“I can let you know that Baltimore County detectives are at the moment monitoring the current developments in Washington D.C. As a result of delicate circumstances main as much as this incident, the Baltimore County Police Division continues to assist the households impacted. As this investigation strikes ahead, the daycare facility situated in Owings Mills stays closed.”