Mom arrested after she refuses 'parental duty'

YOUNGSTOWN — Police say a woman who slammed a door in their faces late Thursday when officers told her it was her "parental duty" to take care of her daughter was arrested on domestic violence and obstructing official business charges.

Police were called to a home in the home in the 800 block of East Boston Avenue about 10 p.m. for a report of two women fighting and when they arrived they found a young female on the sidewalk crying.

The mother of the female, Takiya Moore, 36, was speaking with an officer and told police she was not responsible for taking care of her daughter, reports said.

Reports said when officers told her she could be arrested for refusing to care for her daughter she slammed the front door in his face.

The officer then went to the back door and heard someone crashing through bushes and breaking sticks and found Moore hiding behind a shed, where she was placed into custody, reports said.

Moore confirmed witness statements that she had placed her daughter in a headlock, reports said. Her children were placed into custody with another woman before Moore was taken to the Mahoning County jail.