12-year old arrested for opening Christmas present early
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Amused
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Good for the mother!
Child Arrested After Opening Holiday Gift Early
POSTED: 12:26 pm EST December 5, 2006
What is the penalty for opening your Christmas presents too early?
For one South Carolina 12-year-old, the penalty was arrest.
A Rock Hill, S.C., woman called police and asked them to arrest her son who opened a Christmas present early after being told not to, the Rock Hill Herald reported. Police went to the house and arrested the boy and charged him with petty larceny.
The paper reported that the boy's great-grandmother had specifically told him not to open his present, which contained a Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It was wrapped and lying under the Christmas tree, the police report stated.
But on Sunday morning, the gift was unwrapped and the box was empty. So when the boy's mother found out, she alerted police, the paper reported.
"He took it without permission. He wanted it. He just took it," said the 63-year-old great-grandmother told the Herald.
The women said that the boy lied to them at first, saying he was unaware of where the video game system was. After threat of calling the police, the boy apparently gave the toy back to his mother, the paper reported. But the upset mother called police anyway.
Two officers responded and charged the child as a juvenile with petty larceny, although he was not jailed.
The mother told the Herald that she didn't know what else to do with her son, so she called police. The paper reported she is a single mother and has been struggling with constant behavior problems from the boy. She said her son still showed no remorse when the police came.
"I'm trying to get him some kind of help," the 27-year-old mother told the paper. "He's the type of kid who doesn't believe anything until it happens."
She said he has shoplifted, stolen money from her, punched a police officer and is nearing expulsion from school. She told the paper that she hopes this arrest will be a wake-up call for her son, because she worries about getting a call someday telling her he's been killed.
The mother plans to have her son placed with the state Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia at his court appearance, the Herald reported.
Child Arrested After Opening Holiday Gift Early
POSTED: 12:26 pm EST December 5, 2006
What is the penalty for opening your Christmas presents too early?
For one South Carolina 12-year-old, the penalty was arrest.
A Rock Hill, S.C., woman called police and asked them to arrest her son who opened a Christmas present early after being told not to, the Rock Hill Herald reported. Police went to the house and arrested the boy and charged him with petty larceny.
The paper reported that the boy's great-grandmother had specifically told him not to open his present, which contained a Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It was wrapped and lying under the Christmas tree, the police report stated.
But on Sunday morning, the gift was unwrapped and the box was empty. So when the boy's mother found out, she alerted police, the paper reported.
"He took it without permission. He wanted it. He just took it," said the 63-year-old great-grandmother told the Herald.
The women said that the boy lied to them at first, saying he was unaware of where the video game system was. After threat of calling the police, the boy apparently gave the toy back to his mother, the paper reported. But the upset mother called police anyway.
Two officers responded and charged the child as a juvenile with petty larceny, although he was not jailed.
The mother told the Herald that she didn't know what else to do with her son, so she called police. The paper reported she is a single mother and has been struggling with constant behavior problems from the boy. She said her son still showed no remorse when the police came.
"I'm trying to get him some kind of help," the 27-year-old mother told the paper. "He's the type of kid who doesn't believe anything until it happens."
She said he has shoplifted, stolen money from her, punched a police officer and is nearing expulsion from school. She told the paper that she hopes this arrest will be a wake-up call for her son, because she worries about getting a call someday telling her he's been killed.
The mother plans to have her son placed with the state Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia at his court appearance, the Herald reported.
That kid sounds like a real winner. I'm glad the parent and grand-parent are at least trying to make the kid understand the consequences of his actions.
Wait... the kid is 12... so she was a great-grandmother at 51... meaining... every generation was pregnant at ~16 and gave birth at ~17.
Yup, mom was 15.
Faaantastic :thumbsup:
Sooooo why did they buy him a gameboy in the first place? That kid needs a good ass beating with a switch off the ol' oak tree if you ask me.
Says he "punched a police officer" in that story. Im sorry, but when your child punches law enforcement, you think hes going to care if the cops arrest him for petty larceny? Obviously the thought of being turned into the cops doesnt scare him one bit.
It probably didn't phase him, and he will end up being a repeat offender eventually committing murder (probably killing his mother and great-grandmother) and receiving the death penalty which he will spend the rest of his life appealing until he fries. They probably shouldn't have bought him a present to begin with.
Darkstar757
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Man, God forbid your mother was young when she had you. so the mother made some bad choices early on in life, it doesn't mean jack sh1t here and now.
mugs
Lifer
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First thing I noticed when I was reading the article.
Although I don't really have room to talk, my grandmother was ~18 when she had my mom, and my mom was ~18 when she had my brother, and with my skank ho cousins getting knocked up with they were in their mid-teens my grandmother was probably a great-grandmother by the time she was in her mid 50s
Yea it does. The younger the mother, the less mature, and the worse the parenting skills, generally.
Should have bought him a grenade, and wrapped it with the pin tied to the bow.
But really, the boy doesn't have a father figure.
He needs a father the scare the sh!t out of him.
But really, the boy doesn't have a father figure.
He needs a father the scare the sh!t out of him.
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