BRIEF: Mother charged with felony child abuse

Sept. 06--OXFORD -- A Lafayette County woman is behind bars after she admitted strangling her son.

Oxford police were called out to Laurel Cove Sunday on an assault call. A juvenile boy and girl told the officers that their mother had strangled her juvenile son. Relatives were contacted to keep the children for the night.

While being interviewed at the Oxford Police Department, Shona Johnson, 38, of Oxford, admitted strangling her son in the bathroom. She was charged with felony child abuse and transported to the county jail, where she is being held on a $50,000 bond.

The victim did not require medical attention.

william.moore@journalinc.com

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