THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST JAMES WEEMS JR. FIRST SURFACED IN JULY 2022, WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY HIS NOW EX-WIFE AT A HOTEL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SHE WAS RUNNING THE KIDS CASTLE DAYCARE CENTER IN OWINGS MILLS.

The violent confrontation stemmed from accusations that her husband molested children at the Lil Kidz Castle daycare she owned in Owings Mills. Allegations that, Weems says, ignited a powerful rage.

Jury selection began Monday for retired Baltimore Police officer James Stanley Weems Jr. The 59-year-old was indicted in 2022 on 33 counts of rape, sexual abuse of a minor, assault and perverted ...