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Texas mom arrested after allegedly slapping son to make him clean his room

by Marvin Hurst, KENS 5

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Posted on December 14, 2009 at 10:10 AM

ELMENDORF, Texas—An Elmendorf woman is out of jail on bond after being arrested on child injury charges over the weekend.

Shanna Hartman is accused of crossing the line with her 10-year-son over cleaning up his room. An arrest warrant said she slapped him to the point medical experts suspected physical abuse.

The warrant said the boy’s teacher at Southside Independent School District’s Freedom Elementary School noticed red marks along the side of his face.

She reportedly sent him to the school nurse, who observed bruising from behind his right ear to his right jaw. The nurse’s document recorded that the child cried out that his mother hit him.

Deputies said the 10-year-old claimed his mother hit him because he didn’t clean my room at their home in the 3900 block of New Mathis.

Another physician examined the injuries, summarizing the child’s injuries were the result of hand slaps to the cheek, jaw, and neck. He also told detectives the markings indicated physical abuse.

The boy claimed his mother slapped him for not doing his chores in front of his siblings. And he claimed as he tried to cry she made him shut up.

Hartman is out of jail on a $50,000 bond.

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