Woman Accused of Abandoning 6-Year-Old Twins at Barber Shop Before Claiming She Didn’t Remember Having Kids

by Ryan Yousefi June 3, 2026

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Woman Accused of Abandoning 6-Year-Old Twins at Barber Shop Before Claiming She Didn’t Remember Having Kids 5

Shandacia Amari Richmond {BSO}

A woman is accused of leaving her 6-year-old twins, including a nonverbal autistic child, alone for hours at a Tamarac barber shop before allegedly claiming she didn’t remember having kids.

According to a BSO incident report, Shandacia Amari Richmond, 29, of North Lauderdale, faces two felony counts of child neglect without great bodily harm following the May 28 incident at L & B Barber Shop, located at 3886 West Commercial Boulevard.

According to investigators, employees at the barber shop told deputies Richmond arrived at the business with her children around 6:00 p.m. and told a barber she would be leaving for about 15 minutes. Witnesses said Richmond came back briefly, then left again and never returned.

Barber shop employees told deputies they later noticed the children running around the business without adult supervision. They said no one at the shop had agreed to watch the children and that repeated attempts to contact Richmond by phone went unanswered.

After the shop closed, employees contacted law enforcement. Investigators said the children had been left unsupervised for roughly five hours.

Deputies noted one of the children is nonverbal and believed to be autistic. Witnesses told investigators the child had communication challenges and would have difficulty identifying parents or alerting others to danger.

According to the arrest report, deputies attempted to contact Richmond approximately 20 times before eventually reaching a man who reportedly told them he found Richmond unresponsive at a gas station and woke her up before driving her home.

During a phone conversation with law enforcement, the man allegedly asked Richmond whether she had left her children at the barber shop, and Richmond responded, “I don’t remember having kids.”

King then drove Richmond back to the barber shop, where deputies took her into custody.

After being transported to the Tamarac district station, Richmond invoked her right to remain silent and declined to discuss the incident with detectives, according to the report. Deputies also noted she had a strong odor of alcohol on her breath.

Richmond was arrested and transported to the Broward County Jail.

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Ryan Yousefi

Ryan Yousefi has lived in Coral Springs for over 30 years. He has worked as a writer for multiples outlets over the years, including the Miami New Times where he has covered sports and culture since 2013. He holds a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Business Healthcare Management from Western Governors University.