Nov 22 - Man Charged For Kidnapping Boy He Claims Bullied His Son

BALTIMORE (WJZ)—The charges against a Baltimore father are causing controversy. He’s accused of kidnapping another child after a fight at his son’s elementary school.

Mike Hellgren speaks exclusively with the mom of the boy who was taken about what she calls a frightening ordeal for her son.

This is a story that has parents across the city talking about whether this dad did the right thing or not. He faces serious charges outlined in the charging documents: more than 40 years in jail if he’s convicted.

“He caught them as they were walking home,” said Kia Quickley, mother.

For the first time, Kia Quickley–the mother of the 11-year-old taken from his school in Northeast Baltimore by another parent–is speaking about the controversy.


“He started crying and was like, ‘I was scared because I didn’t even know what he was going to do to me,’” she said.

It unfolded earlier this month.

Donald Shields Sr. was picking up his son from Yorkwood Elementary. Shields’ fiancée told WJZ he witnessed a group of older bullies beating his son.


Police say Shields chased after them in his car, grabbed the 11-year-old, locked him inside the vehicle and cursed at him before dropping him off back at the school.

Now Shields is charged with kidnapping, second-degree[..]ault and false imprisonment.

“It scared me as a mother. What if he didn’t take him back to the school?” Quickley said.”I couldn’t believe it.”

She says her son is still scared to walk home from school, and she doesn’t know if he’ll ever get over that fear.

Shields’ story is far different: According to his fiancée, he claims the 11-year-old voluntarily got into his car and he was just taking him back to teachers to get to the bottom of the fight.

“It’s hard to know that they’re accusing him of these things, and he’s not that type of person,” said Tia Drakes, fiancée.

The 11-year-old’s mom says her child is no bully–and regardless, no parent should take the kind of action Shields is accused of taking.

“I didn’t want to see the man go to jail,” Quickley said. “I believe in second chances, but at the same time, it was out of my hands. It’s not OK. You don’t take somebody’s child and throw them into your vehicle. You don’t do that.”

School administrators declined to comment on the case


Man Charged For Kidnapping Boy He Claims Bullied His Son; Boy’s Mom Speaks Out « CBS Baltimore



Now...I understand what this man did was wrong.. and even believe he should be punished.... but kidnapping, second degree[..]ault, false imprisonment???? Lookin at 40+ years just for yellin at a kid that was bullying his son???? smh that was pry the first time that boy actually had someone discipline him...

Meanwhile its child molesters out here gettin slaps on the wrist... this !! is ridiculous...

Aint no coming back from this, this boy's bully career is over.

it wasn't wrong took that little !!er back to the school to get it sorted out with teachers is better then !!ing him up on the street i swear these laws are bull!! they expect you to let this !! fly because you tell teachers they don't do !!, you whoop the bullys[..] you go to jail, you tell the bully if he/she does it again you gonna !! them up you go to jail, you take them back to the school to inform them you caught him in the act of beating on your kid they say it's kidnapping.. Man this is bs if i have a kid and he is a bully first i want the parents to tell me and ill talk to my kid if he does it again i want them to whoop his[..] good

If the story checks out that he did go back to the school and talk with teachers about the fight with the little boy then he should get some leniency.

But the best thing for him would have been to go to the school the next day, have the kids identified and brought to the office, have the teachers brought to the office and everybody discuss what happened and make sure it doesn't happen again. Too many people waiting to press charges for !! these days to do something like this. You have to be smarter.

he aint gettin no 40 yrs he be out in a week

[pic] props to the dad.

lil niccas doing my seed dirty out in these streets ima make sure the !! cant cross the street for a black and mild without remembering me [pic]

Will get thrown out. You cant pay me to believe his big[..] chased down an 11 year old

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He should of just handed out a hit on the kid. Pay a group of middleschoolers to jump 'em [pic]

2 copies of Black Ops 2 and a bag of beef jerky [pic]

Well that kid wont be doing any more bullying, so I'd say [pic]

hopefully pops gets let off, what he did wasn't that bad especially if he took the kid back to school AND spoke with teachers.

Real talk. He just changed this kids life for the better.

I guess technically that is kidnapping but when you read the headline you think of the worst possible form of kidnapping. [pic]

shiiiiit nicca put that kid in check. a bit overboard yeah but like y'all said that kid just got scared straight. [pic]

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Tough call. There's no easy way to deal with bullies as a parent. That's why my son goes to Tae Kwon Do every damn week, my daughter is going to start next year. And when they both hit 8 years old there's a boxing gym up the street that will accept them and when they hit their teens there's 2 MMA and Muay Thai gyms 15 minutes from where I live.

I'm not having any Amanda Todd's in my family and schools accomplish absolutely !! all when it comes to dealing with bullies. The only thing I can do is teach these kids how to handle their own.