An Augusta mother who lost custody of her son forced her way into her sister’s house on Christmas Eve and took the 10-year-old boy, authorities said.
Porsha Deanne White, 33, has been in the Richmond County Detention Center since she was arrested Monday on felony charges of burglary, kidnapping, child cruelty and criminal attempted kidnapping. She is also charged with simple battery for allegedly punching her sister in the face several times after she arrived at the house on Walton Trail.
According to warrants, White arrived at the home at 5:40 p.m. Dec. 24 and forcefully tried to remove her son by “chasing him around the property” and ordering him to get into her car.
The kidnapping warrant says she actually placed the child in her car, but it’s unclear whether she drove off with him. White was captured on Dec. 27 and has been held in jail since with no bond.
The mother was arrested in August for disrupting Willis Foreman Elementary School. She allegedly entered the school Aug. 9 and began to walk around, taking pictures in several classrooms and ignoring the principal’s order to leave. When an officer confronted her, she jumped in her car and sped off.
White ended up back at the school, but led officers on a small chase before pulling over and being arrested.
White’s father told school officers in August that his daughter was “off of her medication” and “acting erratic.”
