Smyrna mom Joyce Cole arrested after forcing son to strip in school parking lot
SMYRNA, GA - Cobb County Police arrested a woman they said forced her 11-year-old son to strip nude and walk through his elementary school parking lot on Halloween moing as punishment for getting in trouble
Authorities say Joyce Sweetheart Cole from Smya faces charges of first-degree child cruelty and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The boy, along with two siblings, have also been taken from her custody.
Cole forced her son to strip naked at the front entrance of Norton Park Elementary school and walk to her car in the parking lot at 10:15 a.m. on October 31, authorities said in a warrant for her arrest.
The warrant said staff members at the school rushed out to help the boy.
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