Mom sees boyfriend beat her five-year-old son with mop on home camera, US cops say

Deputies with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said the mom opened an app that allowed her to see a video stream from inside her home and saw Stone ‘standing over the child repeatedly punching him in the head as he lay in a fetal position’, the outlet reported. — Unsplash

A mom opened a home camera app on her phone while she was away from the house and saw her boyfriend repeatedly punching her son and beating him with a mop, officials say, according to Florida news outlets.

Shawn Stone, 32, was charged with aggravated child abuse on May 9, according to Volusia County court records.