Chuck
12-06-2006, 10:55 AM
Boy Arrested For Opening Xmas Gift Early (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1205062xmas1.html)
Mother has kid, 12, nabbed after Nintendo Game Boy is unwrapped
DECEMBER 5--A South Carolina boy, 12, was arrested Sunday morning after his mother called police to report that he had unwrapped a Christmas present without her permission. According to a Rock Hill Police Department report (a copy of which you'll find below), the child opened a Nintendo Game Boy, though he had been directed not to by family members. When the boy's mother learned that the $85 gift had been opened, she called cops, who charged the juvenile with petty larceny. In an interview with The Herald newspaper, the boy's mother, a 27-year-old single parent, described her son as a disruptive child, noting that she hoped his arrest would serve as a corrective to disorderly behavior at school and home.
I can't believe the cops actually arrested him. WTF? They should've arrested her for wasting their time. The kid's already been in trouble and been arrested and she's adding a theft charge to his record for unwrapping a Christmas present? Yeah, I wonder why the kid's so messed up to begin with. :shakefist
NOTE: The police report (included with the article) refers to it as a "Play station Game Boy".
Mother has kid, 12, nabbed after Nintendo Game Boy is unwrapped
DECEMBER 5--A South Carolina boy, 12, was arrested Sunday morning after his mother called police to report that he had unwrapped a Christmas present without her permission. According to a Rock Hill Police Department report (a copy of which you'll find below), the child opened a Nintendo Game Boy, though he had been directed not to by family members. When the boy's mother learned that the $85 gift had been opened, she called cops, who charged the juvenile with petty larceny. In an interview with The Herald newspaper, the boy's mother, a 27-year-old single parent, described her son as a disruptive child, noting that she hoped his arrest would serve as a corrective to disorderly behavior at school and home.
I can't believe the cops actually arrested him. WTF? They should've arrested her for wasting their time. The kid's already been in trouble and been arrested and she's adding a theft charge to his record for unwrapping a Christmas present? Yeah, I wonder why the kid's so messed up to begin with. :shakefist
NOTE: The police report (included with the article) refers to it as a "Play station Game Boy".