An Arizona
mother has been charged with using a stun gun to get her teenage son up for an
Easter Sunday church service, according to police. Investigators arrested
40-year-old Sharron Dobbins, of Phoenix, Sunday morning and booked her into
jail on a felony child abuse charge, according to Maricopa County court
documents.
According to Phoenix ABC
affiliate KNXV, the mother was arrested after she used a stun gun to wake her
son for Sunday service.
Phoenix police say
40-year-old Sharron Dobbins “contact tazed her teenage son on the leg” in order
to wake him.
“I said, ‘Get up! It’s
Jesus’ Day!'” Dobbins told KNXV.
Dobbins admits she was
holding a Taser but says she only flashed its lights and made it spark in order
to warn her 16-year-old son.
“I made the noise with the
Taser, but I did not tase my son.”
Dobbins, who appeared in
court and was ordered not to have any contact with her sons, said that both of
her sons are on probation.
“He has an ankle bracelet
on,” Dobbins said of the 16-year-old. “He’s under my custody and everything.”
Dobbins said she would make
arrangements for the boy to live elsewhere as she awaits her next hearing on
April 16.
Phoenix police say they
found two marks on the teen’s leg and took Dobbins into custody. Dobbins spent
12 hours in jail on Easter, KNXV reported.
“He was like, ‘Mom, I’m
calling the police.’ I said, ‘You can call the police, UPS, DPS, whoever you
want to call,'” Dobbins told KNXV. “Police were on the phone and I told the
dispatcher, I told her, ‘You need to be with Jesus right now.'”
Police records show Dobbins
was charged with one count of child abuse with intent to cause harm.
“I don’t think I did
anything wrong because you’re supposed to put God first and that’s all I was
trying to do is tell my kids to put God first,” said Dobbins.
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