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A mother-of-six who was jailed for beating her young sons with a belt after they robbed a house has been bailed out by a stranger who sympathized with her.
Schaquana Spears, 30, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was booked into prison on felony cruelty charges on Tuesday.
Detectives at the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office spoke with Spears’ children after they were contacted by the Department of Children and Family Services on June 17.
Her 13-year-old said his mother ‘hit him with an RCA cord multiple times’ and he was left with marks on his leg, shoulder, back and stomach. After they spoke to Spears, they learned that she had punished her children after finding out they had broken into a house on their street.
‘[She] admitted hitting the child and her two other sons multiple times as they were moving and running away,’ a deputy noted in the probable cause report.
‘[She] did this because the victims burglarized a residence down the street.’
The police report adds the youngest child, who is 10, had a small scratch on his hand. The other boy, aged 12, had a cut on his left arm.
Spears was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, where her bond was set at $2,500.
However, her arrest sparked controversy with some defending Spears, saying should not have been taken into police custody for disciplining her children.
‘She shouldn’t be arrested. She should be given a medal,’ wrote Patricia Williams on Facebook. ‘I bet these boys think twice before burglarizing another house.’
Kimberly Cox added: ‘I applaud this mother. She was doing what a parent does, disciplining her children.
‘They didn’t skip school or tell a lie… they broke into someone’s home and stole.’
But it wasn’t long before Spears was released from jail.
Her bond was posted by a private citizen not connected to her, but who empathized with her situation, Fox12 reports.
Since her release, Spears has spoken out to say that she can’t understand how she could be arrested and jailed for what she did.
‘Everything I do is for my kids,’ she told WBRZ. ‘I didn’t want them to commit another crime.’
Breaking down, she added: ‘It’s been hell. I never could imagine that trying to be a good mother would end me up in jail with a criminal record like I’m a predator out to hurt my kids.
‘I don’t think it is right at all. I really love my children.’
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