Supporters of a former day care owner in Baltimore County, Md., are calling for an earlier prison release for her after she shot her husband over allegations that he had sexually abused multiple children who were in their care.
In early February, Superior Court Judge Michael O'Keefe rejected a plea deal reached between the prosecution and the defense, and sentenced Shanteari Weems to four years in prison and two years of supervised probation upon her release.to one count each of aggravated assault and carrying a pistol without a license in the shooting, which happened in July 2022. Prosecutors recommended only a two-year sentence for both counts.
On Twitter, TikTok and other social media platforms, Shanteari Weems’s supporters have used the hashtag #FreeShanteari to express their outrage about the outcome of the case.Shanteari Weems had been the owner of Lil' Kidz Kastle Daycare Center in Owings Mills, Md., since 2005. James, 58, who retired in 2005 from the Baltimore Police Department, was the bus driver at the center for two years.
That same day, her lawyer Tony Garcia said, she went to D.C.’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where her husband was working as a security guard, hoping he could"I trusted him fully," she told WUSA9. "He was supposed to help me protect these children. He always told me he was my protector. So when I heard this, I just felt like — I just felt like my world had ended."
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