A 20-year-old Charlotte mother, Shaniya Moore, has been charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon on a Government Official or Employee after allegedly pulling a knife on a Department of Social Services (DSS) worker during a child custody transfer, according to court documents.
The incident unfolded on April 3, 2025, around 5:19 p.m. at Moore’s residence on 1223 Effingham Road in Charlotte. DSS employee Donna Davis, accompanied by colleague Shakella Pharr, was executing a court order to take custody of Moore’s two children.
According to the arrest affidavit filed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD), the DSS employees had already picked up one of Moore’s children from a daycare and were at Moore’s residence to retrieve the second child when Moore unexpectedly appeared and began yelling and searching her vehicle for what appeared to be a weapon.
Davis told investigators that Moore retrieved a black pocketknife with a long blade from her purse and charged at the DSS vehicle, placing the open knife close to Davis’ face and neck while demanding her child be returned. Moore allegedly then reached into the DSS vehicle, unbuckled the child from a car seat, and fled the scene in a white Dodge Challenger with North Carolina plates.
Pharr corroborated Davis’s account, confirming Moore’s aggressive actions and the presence of a weapon.
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Moore bonded out of jail last Thursday, April 17.
