WASHINGTON - Tears and emotions erupted inside a D.C. Superior Courtroom Friday after a judge ordered 48-year-old Shanteari Weems to be held without bail.
The Maryland daycare owner, facing assault and firearm charges, admitted to shooting her husband inside a D.C. hotel room last week after she confronted him on claims he had molested some of the children her facility cares for.The judge did not accept the self-defense argument and focused on the fact that Weems went to D.C.
to confront her husband, and did so armed. Friday’s bond hearing, she noted, was about the assault charges against Weems and not the content of the confrontation and argument she had with her husband.Weems’ attorney Tony Garcia told FOX 5 that it is their job to convince a judge and jury Weems fired in self-defense and that they do plan to revisit trying to release Weems from behind bars."This was a unique situation," Garcia said. "This is somebody who has lived her entire life obeying the law, helping others and most of all, raising and protecting children.
And this 30 second incident now has her behind bars. So, I would say she’s very disappointed," The shooting happened after 7:30 p.m.