Mother Has 12-Year-Old Son Arrested for Opening Christmas Gift Early  |
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 Get a load of this story, I say good for Mom, trying to teach him a lesson and set him straight. What do you think?
A 12-year-old South Carolina boy got an unexpected stocking stuffer — a pair of handcuffs — after he snuck into his Christmas gifts a few weeks early.
After a mother discovered her son had unwrapped a Nintendo Game Boy Advance that was meant for him as a present from his grandmother, she called the Rock Hill Police and had the young man arrested for petty larceny, according to the police report filed this week.
"He took it without permission. He wanted it. He just took it," the boy's 63-year-old great-grandmother told the Rock Hill Herald.
The great-grandmother said in the filed complaint that she wrapped the gift and placed it under the tree at her house — then specifically told the boy not to open it.
But when she checked under the tree Sunday, she found the box unwrapped and opened. The great-grandmother relayed the news to the mother, who is 27-years-old.
When the boy claimed he didn't know where the present was, the mother threatened to call the cops. On that threat, the boy went to his bedroom and grabbed the $85 Game Boy, according to the report.
But mom still called the police.
And the boy "showed no remorse" when the police came, mother said.
The boy was charged as a juvenile and released the same day, said police spokesman Lt. Jerry Waldrop. He was never in jail.
"We wouldn't hold a 12-year-old," he told the Rock Hill Herald.
On Monday night, the mother said she didn't know what else to do but call the police in hopes it would be a wake-up call for her son.
The mother told police that the boy has a history of bad behavior, including shoplifting from stores and stealing money from her. The mother said he even punched a police officer last month and was arrested for disorderly conduct for it.
"I'm trying to get him some kind of help," she told the Rock Hill Herald.
FOXNews.com's Michael De Dora, Jr. contributed to this report.
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1.  princess07031980 (1850) | 3 years ago |  I am in shock-it is funny and sad the he cannot even respect a Christmas gift. And now he has a juvenile record.
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 rracers89 (2659) | 3 years ago | I know what was he gonna do with it sell it or play it. And he wasnt even smart enough to hide the empty box or wrapping paper. | |
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| princess07031980 (1850) | 3 years ago | Yeah sounds like he is in for some more troubled day a head in life. My children would not do something like that. | |
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| nonconformingmommy (24) | 3 years ago |  It's not the sneaking of the Christmas gift here that's sounding the alarm, it's the "he's been in trouble before." This is a cry for help. Hopefully someone's listening.
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| soldenski (1663) | 3 years ago |  That is a little extreme to me. I can understand if she would have returned the gift to the store. But call the police, and have him arrested, and waste tax payer's money for such a petty thing, that is rediculous. That's just my opinion
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| Krysha (35) | 3 years ago |  I think it was extreme also...he has a record now. I simply would have taken the toy away and sold it. Sorry charlie you can't have it now )
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| deebomb (8923) | 3 years ago |  soldenski, You are not paying attention. The mom said he had been in trouble before with shop lifting and punching a police officer. The game was the straw that broke the camel's back.
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 vibhor1986 (250) | 3 years ago |  its shocking ofcourse!!!!!!!!!
but ya the mother is justified in what she has done
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| sexysilver (571) | 3 years ago |  I don't see it as justified, she obviously didn't call the police when he was shoplifting from stores. But she called them over a Christmas gift??? Like I said before, STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE RAISING KIDS!!!!!!!!
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| 2. floramwaters (793) | 3 years ago |  I think it was a little hard to call the cops on the boy for opening his gifts early. MOst kids do try and get a sneak peak at what is under the tree. He gave it back and you could go as far as to take it back to the store. As far as the other things why was not action taken when The other things happen. I do understand that she wanted to teach him a listen but there are much better ways of doing it.
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| rracers89 (2659) | 3 years ago | Yes true she waited to long after the other incidents happened, If it was just the gift and not the other petty theft and punching the cop i would not have called them. I know I have sneaked a peak when I was younger to. | |
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| rracers89 (2659) | 3 years ago | That would have been a good puishment to making him return it to they store or making him give it to a charity. | |
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| atluri (1) | 3 years ago | GOD!!!!!!!she is out of mind man....now that boy is in police records which may give him some problem in future who knows????
There are lot of better ways to teach him respect for gifts but not by sending him to jail for some gift! CRAZY | |
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| flowerchilde (6809) | 3 years ago |  I heard someone ask, on the news, why he was getting such a good gift for christmas? Since he's been behaving so badly.
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| seriousmiss (30) | 3 years ago | Are serious it is not the gift opening but it is the entire episode of events?. There are consequences for actions and he needs to learn sooner than later. Maybe his mother will get more respect from him now as well as other in authority. Good for mom. | |
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| sweetdesign (2194) | 3 years ago |  That boy probably already has a record for the shoplifting and punching the cop. This just adds to his exsisting record. The boy is headed down a long hard road and needs extreme intervention. Had it not been for his other actions I too would have said mom is crazy but this boy is out of control. She had this mother had this boy when she was 15? That is really young to have a baby. She is now 27 and has a juvenile delinquit on her hands. How sad.
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| 3. camo26 (603) | 3 years ago |  well dam right lol if he does stuff like that then why not i wouldnt even give him the rest of them either ha ha ha but ok seriously who hasnt opened a present early?? I can tell you know if you were to phone the police over here and tell them to come and arrest your son because he opened a present early and wont give it back then they would slap a charge on you for wasting police time lol
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| rracers89 (2659) | 3 years ago | ya if it had not had the other problems i wouldnt of called. | |
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| rracers89 (2659) | 3 years ago | i love Judge Judy!!! thanks for posting | |
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| 5. crosschk (552) | 3 years ago |  forget all that, I would have taken it back to the store, and bought myself something with the money
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| 6. honeybfly83 (805) | 3 years ago |  I think she took it a little too far. I think she could have taught him a lesson another way she didnt have to get him arrested. If I opened a present too early when I was younger my Mom would just take it back and get something else and usually it was something I wasnt wanting for Christmas. After she did that one time I never opened another present too early. lol
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| atluri (1) | 3 years ago | Thats smart thing by your mom. This is one good for mom in this story. I pity her boy:( | |
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| kgwat70 (10106) | 3 years ago |  I agree that this is was taken a little too hard and the boy should not have been punished in that way. I wonder if this will have a bad effect on the child knowing that his mom called the police and had him arrested over a simple gameboy. Some other type of punishment should have been taken in this case.
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| 7. MySpot (1670) | 3 years ago |  Wow! That's extreme parenting!
If I was his parent, I'd say, "That is the gift you are giving to charity this year." or something like that.... and then make him give it to an orphanage, Children's Hospital, or Salvation Army's Toys for Tots.
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8.  Shadetail (105) | 3 years ago |  I think its a great idea. She should get him sent to a behavior correction centre before something really bad happens like he kills or steals alot of money. This child clearly has issues that need immediate attention, and hes a danger to society.
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| 9. Nancy76 (180) | 3 years ago |  Yeah for the mom...I was shocked when I read the headline, but until now I got to read the full story as to what this was about.
I think the mother and grandmother did the right thing..With this out in the public the older kids will learn not to open anymore presents before Christmas. It will give all kids a good wake-up call if parents will say to them that if they even look at the gifts under the tree they will call the police...But I think they did good with doing this, even if the boy has a juvy record.
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| 10. flakom (78) | 3 years ago |  The mom went to the extreme calling the cops.Anyway, that should serve as a lesson.
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| Starchylde5285 (29) | 3 years ago |  I agree...Hopefully he learned from it. But...OY!:X
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