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An eight year old boy's 911 cell call led to the arrest of his mother for driving under the influence.
"I don't know where we are and mom's not acting normal," the boy told a 911 dispatcher. The boy's mother, took the phone, assured the dispatcher everything was fine and hung up, but the boy called back.
"She's been drinking at a restaurant,...........I don't think she knows whats going on."
The dispatcher used call-tracking technology along along with landmarks the boy reported to send officers to intercept the vehicle before anyone was harmed.
The mother faces charges of drunken driving, reckless endangerment and assault of a child for allegedly biting the boy's hand in an effort to get the cellphone from him. Her five year old daughter was also in the car at the time.
It's hard to fathom an eight year old having the maturity to realize he has to override his mother's authority no matter what she says or does. This sounds like a pretty amazing kid.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
10-24-2007 @ 1:50PM
RobMonroe said...You would be amazed at what children know. I worked on a dirt road for many years, and one night on my way home in the dark I saw a car off the road. I went over to help and found that there was an extremely drunk mother with her two children. The older one even said "see, mom, I told you that being drunk and driving was a bad idea." He had obviously been through this before.
I had my wife call the police, partly to deal with the mother and honestly partly because there was no way she was getting her car back on the road without help from the authorities.
I felt guilty for about two seconds. Then I realized that not only was she endangering herself and me, but her two kids.
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10-24-2007 @ 2:16PM
Jenna said...My favorite was when my little brother told my great-grandmother that our mom was "drinking and driving." It was iced tea but, yes, she was "drinking" and driving. Oh, children.
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10-24-2007 @ 2:54PM
SKL said...I wonder if the kids' parents are at odds and the dad told his kid to do this? Anyway, if she really was drunk, I'm glad she got caught.
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10-24-2007 @ 3:59PM
S. Kelly said...SKL, what a strange comment!
I usually find myself agreeing with your comments -- or at least appreciating a different viewpoint -- but I'm at a loss for what you mean.
Even if the parents aren't at odds, wouldn't it be a good thing if a kid did this? If he was trained by his dad (or another adult) to call 911 in an emergency such as this, I highly doubt it was to "get back at" his mom. And what do you mean, "If she was really drunk?" She WAS drunk. There wouldn't have been a subsequent arrest if she were not drunk.
I have to agree that kids are WAY smarter and WAY more capable than we give them credit for... I say BRAVO to this little boy. He probably not only saved his own life, but someone else's as well. And maybe now his mom will get the help she so obviously needs!
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10-24-2007 @ 8:32PM
SKL said...S. Kelly, I made my comment because the only time I've ever seen such a young child have the guts to go against his/her custodial parent so blatantly was when his/her other parent was counseling him/her to do so. That may not be the case here, but it was the first thing I thought of.
I am not saying it was a bad thing. Just an observation. Most of the time, kids are victimized because they don't have the wisdom to know when it's better to disobey. It helps if there is a trusted adult advising them - assuming such adult truly has everyone's best interests at heart.
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10-24-2007 @ 11:07PM
Joy said...You are so cynical SKL. I agree with S Kelly on this one. I'm the victom of a very nasty, year long custoday battle when my parent's couldn't "decide" who would "be the best for us" and I never thought that when I read this story.
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