Woman bruises child with blunt object and fist, warrants say

CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) — A woman was arrested for hitting a child she was taking care of in Conway Oct. 14, according to the Conway Police Department (CPD).

Shakela Mahali Barbour, 26, was arrested and charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk of harm or causing harm to a child.

According to CPD warrants, Barbour was in custody of the child when she struck them “with a closed fist in the left cheek” and in the “right forearm and lower right leg with a blunt object, causing injury and bruising.”…

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