Cobb mother arrested, forces 11-year-old son to walk nude

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) – A Cobb County woman has been arrested after she allegedly forced her 11-year-old son to walk nude through his school parking lot.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Joyce Cole, of Smyrna, is free after posting $5,720 bond. According to jail records, Cole faces charges of first-degree child cruelty, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and simple battery for slapping the child as he walked.

Authorities say Cole forced her son to strip at the entrance of Norton Park Elementary and walk to her car on Halloween morning. According to the arrest warrant, she told her son she was “going to embarrass him in front of people” if he “got in trouble at school again.”

Police say the boy and his two siblings are no longer in their mother’s care.

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