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Mugshot Mania ~ Stranger Slaps Baby in Georgia Walmart
Via CNN:
A Georgia man allegedly slapped a toddler at a Walmart store because she wouldn’t stop crying, authorities said. Roger Stephens, 61, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree cruelty to children. An incident report obtained from police in Gwinnett County indicated Stephens did not know the 2-year-old girl he stands accused of hitting.
The confrontation happened shortly before noon at the Walmart in Stone Mountain, a suburb of Atlanta. According to the arresting officer, the child’s mother said her daughter was crying as they walked down one of the aisles.
The mother said a stranger later identified as Stephens approached them and said, “If you don’t shut the baby up, I will shut her up for you.” A few moments later, while the mother and the crying child were in another aisle, Stephens allegedly grabbed the girl and slapped her across the face. Police said he hit her four or five times. “See, I told you I would shut her up,” the suspect allegedly told the mother.
Authorities described “slight redness” to the toddler’s face. Before he was arrested, Stephens apologized to the mother for striking the girl, the incident report said.
Stephens, a Stone Mountain resident, is being held by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department.
Woooow! I’ve wanted to strangle a few bad “A”zz kids myself but this is extreme. This man actually put his hands on somebody else’s child! WhereTheyDoThatAt?
Donnica
September 3, 2009 @ 2:44 pmThis is RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! There may have been plenty of times you see a child that you want to snatch up, but you would NEVER do it!! Put your hands on my child??? IS YOU CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?
Eileen
September 3, 2009 @ 6:41 pmThe poor mom just wanted some groceries. America does not have free child care like some European countries. The man is nuts!! He needs to get his thyroid level checked. There is something wrong with him to snap like this on a child. I might have gone home with the screaming child….
but if I was out of bread and milk. I would have shopped through the tantrum.
1PHATASS
September 12, 2009 @ 9:56 amI WOULDVE WENT TO JAIL FOR BEATEN HIS A**! HE LOOK CRAZY
Gemini69
October 28, 2009 @ 2:02 pmNaturally, my first thought would have been “I know this man just did not walk up to my child and slapped my baby”? Secondly, I know myself very well and with me being the black business woman that I am, very educated and working for a very marketable company as a CPA.
I would have kindly walked over to this man and slapped his a** up, and just like Walmart do with their prices, CUT them and the way I cut and make the numbers work at my place of business. He will be CUT too! I’m a GEMINI! I am as nice and sweet as they come, but please don’t anger/hurt me or someone I care about. I will change like a light switch, with a smile on my face with one eyebrow up. The man would not had a chance!
However, the difference in this whole story is that I would have called the police first and said that it was in self defense, because he hit me first to move me to get to my child!