RIVERTON — A woman accused of shocking a 9-year-old boy with a Taser has been arrested, Riverton police confirmed.
April Shurtleff, 37, was arrested Wednesday for investigation of child abuse, aggravated assault and threats of violence.
Shurtleff was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday, jail records showed.
On Friday, Kelly Wright-Green says her son was playing in the parking lot of a church building near 12900 South and 2700 West in Riverton when he noticed a woman taking photos of him from her car.
It was after the young boy confronted the woman that things took a turn.
Wright-Green says the woman yelled at her son and threatened him with a handheld Taser, ultimately shocking him with it in the chest.
Police initially sought the public’s help identifying the woman’s car from surveillance footage.
Further information about Shurtleff’s arrest wasn’t immediately released.