SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Police in South Carolina say a woman has been arrested for hitting her young son after he gave a Mother's Day card to his grandmother but not to her. 
 
 A Spartanburg Police Department report says Shontrell Murphy is charged with cruelty to children for hitting her son on the head Thursday. His age was not given. He was treated and released from a local hospital. 
 
 According to the report, the boy's sister told police that Shontrell Murphy hit the boy hard because he gave his grandmother a card but not her. She then tore the card up. 
 
 Police say Shontrell Murphy has been released from the Spartanburg County Detention Center. It wasn't clear Sunday if she has an attorney, and the number listed on the police report wasn't working. ||||| Woman charged after hitting child over Mother's Day card, police say 
 
 Police charged a mother with child cruelty after witnesses told officers that she hit her son because of a Mother's Day card. 
 
 According to the report, Spartanburg police were called Thursday evening to a home on Amos Street. 
 
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 Upon arrival, police spoke to Tracey Joanne Murphy who told officers that she saw her daughter, Shontrell Murphy, hit her 6-year-old son repeatedly in the head. 
 
 The grandmother told police that she asked her daughter why she hit the child and that Shontrell responded "because she could." 
 
 The report stated that Shontrell Murphy told the officer that she was trying to discipline her son, who she said had behavioral issues. Shontrell told police she did not believe she was acting violently. 
 
 Shontrell Murphy's daughter told police that her mother hit her brother because he made a Mother's Day for their grandmother, Tracey Murphy, but not one for their mother. 
 
 The daughter said she saw their mother tear the card and hit the boy's head "hard" multiple times. 
 
 An officer at the scene verified seeing a torn handmade card at the scene. 
 
 Murphy was later arrested and charged with cruelty to children. 
 
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– Police in South Carolina say a woman has been arrested for hitting her young son after he gave a Mother's Day card to his grandmother but not to her, reports the AP. A Spartanburg Police Department report says Shontrell Murphy is charged with cruelty to children for hitting her 6-year-old son on the head Thursday. Murphy's mother, Tracey Joanne Murphy, told police she saw her daughter hitting her son; when she asked why, the younger Murphy responded "because she could," reports WYFF. The boy's sister told police Shontrell Murphy ripped the card to pieces and hit the boy "hard." He was treated and released from a local hospital. Police say Shontrell Murphy has been released from the Spartanburg County Detention Center. It wasn't clear Sunday if she has an attorney.