Woman kidnaps first grader to prove it can be done

My 5 year old grandson was taken to first day of Kindergarten by his dad. His dad works nights so went back home and to bed. One hour later the door bell rang. It was little Joey. He walked home from Kindergarten 8 blocks. He was crying and said the teacher told him he had to stay in the room and not go out for recess because he was talking after the bell rang. The teacher and whole class went out for recess - turned the lights off in the room and closed the door. This poor little 5 year old was terrified and sad - he finally got up, walked out of his room and out the front door of the school and walked home. His dad brought him back in the car and the teacher hadn't even missed him. Teachers don't give a darn about kids today - they are there for the money - they have no feelings for the poor kids and no idea how they hurt their feelings.

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Right idea, but stupid approach to the sitituation. Instead of taking the child anywhere, she should have stood right next to the child and phoned the school office, making them come out and get the child and also phone the main school department office and media. She shouldn't have taken the child anywhere nor she she have restrained him/her in any way.... she could have followed the child if need be on foot or in her car while talking to the school, school district office or police. The minute she put that child in her car and drove it anywhere but right back to school she was rightfully charged with kidnapping. The school needed to know the district needed to know, the media might have needed to know and the police, too. But, she did it the wrong way.... now it is going to cost her big time.

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If she wanted to prove a point, she should have simply followed slowly along to keep an eye on the child and be sure he was safe (without scaring him) and call the District office and media from there. Point proven (poor school security) and no breaking of the law! She really should have thought that through.

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I went to Jo Mackey and it is in a really bad neighborhood. My son is in fourth grade and we live in a good neighborhood and I do not allow him to walk to school alone. My husband walks with him.

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This lady is nuts!!! Who is to say that she did what she did for the reason she says? There have been kids taken and the people who've taken them have gotten scared and returned them. How do we know this isn't the case, because she says so????? She would have be able to prove her point by taking this child into the school and saying" I just found this kid wandering and I could have been a sicko who wanted to take a kid, see what can happen?" Then she drives around with him?? Maybe we should start shoplifting and say we just wanted to prove that stores need better security or taking weapons on planes to see if we'd get caught? She commited a crime and needs to be punished.I feel for her kids since obviously this lady isn't playing with a full deck!!!!

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I think she is totally right. Those school officials need to step up and get their act together. At my son's school, they are teachers everywhere, watching the kids - the walkers, the ones that get dropped off by either bus or their parents. What if it wasn't a concerned parent trying to prove a point. That boy could have ended up another victim, just like Adam Walsh.

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SCHOOLS are NOT DOING there JOB-
This lady should have just followed KID + called school.But then again the SCHOOL woud DENY A Problem.

My son has autism-+ yet in 1st grade THEY had NO one with him one day+ he went on BUS-
they lead them out there-but usually teacher hands him 2 me-THAT day SHe didnt+ we searched for MY child for 5 MINUTES
Luckily the BUS had nOT taken off yet- But if it had-he would have got off any stop+ been lost for HOURS!!!!!
Not 1 person apologized!!!!!!!!!!!Pricipal didnt see the big deal.
By the Bye -also Put in The wrong class yr Before for like 30 min!!!

Weather Just YOUNG _or Autistic- SCHOOLS NEED to pay attention. They actually let kindegarteners find there OWN BUS?
WHY are staff getting paid to be there at 7- to sit+ drink COFFEE
GET your BUTT UP- watch the KIDS IN your class come In or PRINCIPAL-or DESIGNATED few -shouls BE IN charge of COMING IN?OUT.

Don't BLAME me I drove+ picked UP for a whole yr- then got Special ED BUS next yr.- But that cost me $$$ to force em.

WAKE up-IT's YOUR JOB IN the school area-they are only little!!!!

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This nut deserves to lose to own kids.

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Just out of curiosity. . . .did anyone at the school report him missing during the time she had him? It seems like she was right and no one even knew he was gone. . . . of course she went about it the wrong way, but she was right.

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As a mother of a Vegas school child, I can tell you that they don't care about the welfare of your children getting to school or back home. The street if front of Heckethorn is a zoo and we were told to drop our kids at the corner and have them walk together as a group. HUM!!! never have heard stories of a bad guy grabbing a kid from a group. I have seen children leaving the gated area of the playground without even being noticed. Everything they do it to cover their behinds and not for the welfare of you children. I always take my daughter into the gate and wait for her teacher to walk them in.

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Here's my question, Did that lady get the little guy some ice cream? If she didn't, then she should go to jail.

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she's an idiot! I hope they place her own child with someone who has a better head on their shoulders...hers is not!

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Yea, crytical, come on. This woman is nobody to be teaching a lesson, not in that way. She acted foolishly and selfishly, I don't care if she was the cleanest, most attractive sweetheart on the planet. I don't care if she was BARNEY, she still could have scared the child, quite simply, he didn't know her, she was a stranger. Furthermore, she endangered his life instead of returning him to safety by driving around with him....!!! ARe you kidding me? She could have been struck by a car on the way to walmart or he could have been hurt at her friends house. Bro, she needs to be punished. That was just dumb. They need to teach her a lesson..

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What a dumb ass.......this is 2008 not 1958

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I'm sure that she DIDN'T frighten the child. She wouldn't have done that. She did make a good point that needed to be made. I would have called the boy's parents and told them what I was doing and why though. The school obviously weren't taking security seriously and now are trying to put it all on her. The school was WRONG and she was RIGHT about their lack of keeping track of the kids. What other way could she have proved it? The child was walking away from school and no one knew it. It could have happened for real and the boy could have been raped and killed, let's face it. Ultimately, she cause a good thing to happen, the school will now be more aware of it limitations in keeping kids safe. That's the bottom line.

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Another case of someone who thinks the end justified the means. Or, was it a way to get a little attention for herself????

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I am curious, what do the boy's parent(s) think about all of this?
Their son was taken by this woman with her very foolish ideas, but that's the point...their child was TAKEN while he was supposed to be safe and in class.

She was able to do something that was very stupid, because the school enabled her.

As a parent I am torn between wanting to beat this woman silly if she took my child and thanking God that at least this little boy was with her and is home today, not on a milk carton.

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Why is the parent's ability even being brought into this situation? He was already at the school, and decided to leave. At my child's school the ONLY time the children are indoors before/after the bell rings is on days when it's pooring rain. Let's not forget the larger picture here - the schools' responsibility to keep children safe. For all the parents that I have spoken to, the security at their children's schools is very lax, including my own child's school. Kara and Cece I completely agree with you. While the woman did not choose the best way to show the irresponsibility of the school, she should not be jailed.

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queenoqueens: "She has a child which is now motherless
while she's in jail" Her kid was "motherless" BEFORE
she was put in jail! this woman is NUTS!!! And ninainindia
she TOOK him TO WAL-MART and her friend's house! THAT isn't
KIDNAPPING? She needs to STAY in jail! And Cece this woman
has NO LEGAL RIGHT to teach ME or any other parent a "LESSON"!
I would LOVE to hear your opinion if she happened to do it
to YOUR kid! OH AND you can lead a child into school but
after you pull away, even 5 min later who's to say your
kid won't wander OUT of the school? When my kids were in
elementary school, as in ANY school, the Office is NOT the
1st place they walk into as soon as they open the schoolhouse
doors, it may be to the left or to the right but kids walk
into the HALL. ANY CHILD could walk back out again without
being seen by a school official VERY EASILY. We need to
teach our kids about the dangers of going off with anyone
other than their own parents! "GOOD" intentions or NOT. And
sounds to me the only INTENTION this woman had was attention
getting for her OWN SELF which is MENTAL ILLNESS! "HEY LOOK
AT ME! I AM GOING TO TEACH A WHOLE SCHOOL A LESSON! LOOK AT HOW MIGHTY I AM!" & yeah then I want some PSYCHO to get my kid ICE CREAM, Kali, to further confuse!

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