A day-care provider is accused of wounding her husband, who has been charged with sexually abusing children in her care.
James S. Weems Jr., 57, a former Baltimore police officer, and his wife, Shanteari Weems, 50, owner of Lil Kidz Kastle day-care center in Baltimore County, were in an eighth-floor room at the luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel in Southwest Washington whenIn a court affidavit, investigators said Shanteari Weems told them she and her husband, of Randallstown, Md., got in a heated argument over complaints that he had sexually abused children at her day-care facility.
Meanwhile, Shanteari Weems is being held in the D.C. jail, charged with assault with intent to kill her husband and several handgun offenses. She has pleaded not guilty in D.C. Superior Court and is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Friday. Baltimore police said James Weems was an officer in the city from 1996 to 2005 and subsequently was a “contract specialist” for the department until 2008, doing administrative work. He has not yet appeared in court and it is unclear whether he has an attorney. Effort to reach relatives of James Weems were unsuccessful.
In a police interview, Shanteari Weems said she drove to Washington from her Baltimore County home on July 20, the day before the shooting, “to meet with her husband” of five years at the hotel, according to the affidavit. It says Weems told police that she had “received multiple messages and phone calls from parents and teachers” about sexual abuse at the day-care center.
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