Mother has son arrested for playing with Christmas present
A fed-up mother had her 12-year-old son arrested for allegedly rummaging through his great-grandmother's things and playing with his Christmas present early.
The mother called police Sunday after learning her son had disobeyed orders and repeatedly taken a Game Boy from its hiding place at his grandmother's house next door and played with it. He was arrested on petty larceny charges, taken to the local police station in handcuffs and held until his mother picked him up after church.
"My grandmother went out of her way to lay away a toy and paid on this thing for months," said the boy's mother, Brandi Ervin.
"It was only to teach my son a lesson. He's been going through life doing things...and getting away with it."
Police did not release the boy's name.
The mother said her son was diagnosed in the last year with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder but his medicine does not seem to help.
She said he faces an expulsion hearing at his school Wednesday. Rock Hill Police Capt. Mark Bollinger said the boy took a swing at a police officer assigned to the school last month. He has been suspended from school since then.
The boy's case will be presented to Department of Juvenile Justice officials in York County, who will decide what happens to him, Bollinger said. His mother hopes he can attend a program that will finally scare him straight.
"It's not even about the Christmas present," she said.
"I only want positive things out of it...There's no need for him to act this way. I'd rather call myself than someone else call for him doing something worse than this."
Um, I’m thinkin’ maybe returning the Gameboy to the store would have been a more appropriate response. But that’s just me...
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I wonder if Jr found Grammy's "Gameboy" and handcuffs and maybe a couple of other "items", the ones that require batteries. ;)
And now we return you to "The War on Christmas (cookies)."
And this courtesy of Blue Girl.
As one who raised a hyperactive child (not my diagnosis, but that of a pediatric center), I can assert that the usual methods do not work with them. They do not seem to understand consequences as other children do. There are other ways to deal with the hyperactivity. I don't think having the kid arrested will do a bit of good.
The doctor prescribed Ritalin for my son. It worked. In fact, it worked too well. He was like a zombie. After a week of that, I decided I preferred him hyperactive. We never again gave him medication. We just raised him the best we could. He actually turned out very well. He's a great grown-up guy.
I’m in the zone. Plan on at least 19 more days of My War On Stupid-Christmas!
Where are poodle-head photos when we need them!
I looked and looked for the poodlehead photos but to no avail.
I know. I can't find any either. What a shame.
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