A Grand Bay woman and Cottage Hill Christian Academy teacher was arrested on a felony charge of willful child abuse after a video circulated on social media allegedly showing her beating her son with a belt.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office booked Randi Nicole Staples, 44, into Metro Jail after 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to online jail logs. MCSO spokeswoman Lori Myles said the agency received numerous calls and messages from concerned citizens who saw a video of Staples purportedly striking her son more than 20 times with a belt.

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