Mother Facing Jail Time After Allegedly Assaulting Minor Son With Deadly Weapon

ST. THOMAS — A mother may be facing time behind bars after being arrested for allegedly assaulting her minor son with a deadly weapon.

Shamaleen Caraballo was arrested on January 1st after officers responded to a disturbance at her residence. Her son indicated to officers that Caraballo became irate after asking her two daughters to help her find her mirror. He said that she began yelling and screaming at the children and he asked her to stop, telling her that there was no sense in screaming at his little sisters if they couldn’t find the mirror. Caraballo then told her son “shut the [expletive] up, mind your mother [expletive] business” before telling him to go to his room, an order he defied.

The boy alleges that his mother then cut him with a flip blade on his elbow, causing him to get upset. He subsequently hit her with a sweeper stick several times and she struck him with a vacuum as he attempted to walk away to call for police assistance. The child also told police that his mother cut him with a razor to his back several times, causing him to pick up the sweeper stick to defend himself once more. Caraballo then ran to the kitchen where he followed and asked her to stop. However, according to the child, his mother picked up two kitchen knives and threatened him stating “I would kill your mother [expletive], get the [expletive] out of my house!”

He then went outside and made contact with his great grandmother who resides upstairs.