Mother arrested for letting her son go to the park by himself

[gottalooksharp]

http://fox6now.com/2014/07/29/mother...to-park-alone/

"It’s a half mile from their Port St. Lucie home. Dominic says it only takes him about 10 to 15 minutes to get there. During the walk, the 7-year-old passed a public pool. Someone there asked him where his mom was.

“They asked me a couple questions and I got scared so I ran off to the park and they called the cops,” says Dominic Guerrisi.

Dominic was playing at the park when an officer pulled up.

“They said ‘where does your mom live,’ ” says Dominic.

Police took him home. That’s when his mom was arrested and charged with child neglect."

[SiberianExpress]

Fair enough. So what?

[Anaerobics]

http://fox6now.com/2014/07/29/mother...to-park-alone/

"It’s a half mile from their Port St. Lucie home. Dominic says it only takes him about 10 to 15 minutes to get there. During the walk, the 7-year-old passed a public pool. Someone there asked him where his mom was.

“They asked me a couple questions and I got scared so I ran off to the park and they called the cops,” says Dominic Guerrisi.

Dominic was playing at the park when an officer pulled up.

“They said ‘where does your mom live,’ ” says Dominic.

Police took him home. That’s when his mom was arrested and charged with child neglect."

That's a very debatable argument. It is only 10-15 minutes in between, but then again, the kid is only 7.

What do you think OP?

[nilekyle]

Fair enough. So what?

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nilekyle

[gottalooksharp]

That's a very debatable argument. It is only 10-15 minutes in between, but then again, the kid is only 7.

What do you think OP?

That it is bullchit.

When I was 7 I went all over the neighborhood and sometimes farther, and I lived a relatively sheltered life.

[newleaseonlife]

Fair enough. So what?

Fair enough? The boy looked properly fed, and was able to discern between stranger/friend, and could articulate to police where he lived. Sounds like a well adjusted 7 year old. The boy was taken from his mother for playing in a park a blocks away.


"The bondsman said his parents would have been in jail everyday.". As with probably 95% of all parents.

[JoshSP1985]

That it is bullchit.

When I was 7 I went all over the neighborhood and sometimes farther, and I lived a relatively sheltered life.

I had a buddy that couldn't cross the street until he was 13.... this was out in the country too. I just Lold

[dkburk]

I have a little girl who's gonna be 2 in October. I'm sure it's different with boys, but there's no way I'd let her walk to a park by herself at that age. I think arresting the mother was harsh though.

[Sakeoe]

I played outside when I was 7

Strong everything.

[Didlid]

I for one am sick of how over protective everything is nowadays...


when i was 7 i used to go all sorts of places on my bike

[JoshSP1985]

7 is young but that's just my opinion... she shouldn't be charged unless there is a law that says minors under X age are not allowed to travel in public by themselves. Is there such a law?

[newleaseonlife]

That's a very debatable argument. It is only 10-15 minutes in between, but then again, the kid is only 7.

What do you think OP?

Dude when I was 5 and 6 I walked 10 blocks to school each way in Detroit, and came home to an empty house. This whole coddling thing is getting way out of hand.

[Anaerobics]

Fair enough? The boy looked properly fed, and was able to discern between stranger/friend, and could articulate to police where he lived. Sounds like a well adjusted 7 year old. The boy was taken from his mother for playing in a park a blocks away.


"The bondsman said his parents would have been in jail everyday.". As with probably 95% of all parents.

I guess the cop was having a bad day

[auroturtle]

Its ****ed up but these are the times we live in brah, kids rarely go outside to play nowadays, cant do much about it

[SiberianExpress]

Fair enough? The boy looked properly fed, and was able to discern between stranger/friend, and could articulate to police where he lived. Sounds like a well adjusted 7 year old. The boy was taken from his mother for playing in a park a blocks away.


"The bondsman said his parents would have been in jail everyday.". As with probably 95% of all parents.

Laws don't generally work on an individual, case by case basis. Also, wtf has being 'well fed' got to do with it?

[pojo18]

7 is young as phuck. sorry,

i grew up in a liberal non sheltered home in suburban maryland. small town/community. still at that age your only in the first or second grade tops, I was still being supervised at age 7 lol. could only go to the end of the street pretty much up untill age 9.

she should be arrested, far to easy for a child that age to get hurt/abducted etc

[dkburk]

The officer wrote in the report that Dominic was unsupervised at the park and that “numerous sex offenders reside in the vicinity.”

Why couldn't the cop just explain that to her and maybe give her a warning?

[HIITforGains]

lol arrested. was she black? i bet she was black.

brb arresting every parent that lets their kid walk to school alone.

[xxdieharderxx]

http://fox6now.com/2014/07/29/mother...to-park-alone/

"It’s a half mile from their Port St. Lucie home. Dominic says it only takes him about 10 to 15 minutes to get there. During the walk, the 7-year-old passed a public pool. Someone there asked him where his mom was.

“They asked me a couple questions and I got scared so I ran off to the park and they called the cops,” says Dominic Guerrisi.

Dominic was playing at the park when an officer pulled up.

“They said ‘where does your mom live,’ ” says Dominic.

Police took him home. That’s when his mom was arrested and charged with child neglect."

Lol I walked home everyday after school by my self since the 2nd grade and Every summer I stayed home by my self from morning till 5pm every night.

I don't see the problem

[newleaseonlife]

Laws don't generally work on an individual, case by case basis. Also, wtf has being 'well fed' got to do with it?

What does being a well adjusted, well fed child who appears to be in good condition? Everything when trying to charge someone with neglect. Neglect is usually not consistent with someone who let their child go to the community park. If the kid was dirty, malnourished, and appeared to be fleeing his home Then I could see your point. But at this point you're just being a bellend.

[newleaseonlife]

7 is young as phuck. sorry,

i grew up in a liberal non sheltered home in suburban maryland. small town/community. still at that age your only in the first or second grade tops, I was still being supervised at age 7 lol. could only go to the end of the street pretty much up untill age 9.

she should be arrested, far to easy for a child that age to get hurt/abducted etc

She should be arrested for something that may or may not happen? So I guess if I'm driving down the highway and get pulled over for speeding my children should be taken away for child endangerment...based on the probability that we could have been involved in a high speed collision?

[SiberianExpress]

What does being a well adjusted, well fed child who appears to be in good condition? Everything when trying to charge someone with neglect. Neglect is usually not consistent with someone who let their child go to the community park. If the kid was dirty, malnourished, and appeared to be fleeing his home Then I could see your point. But at this point you're just being a bellend.

I'm not a 'bellend', you're just a simpleton who doesn't understand how laws work. You don't have to have carried out every possible form of child neglect in order to be guilty of it.

[getbustered]

Good. As a parent that actually supervises and plays with my kids, I am so fcuking sick of unattended kids everywhere. And I'm not picking on poor people, I think rich people are just as bad about it.

Those kids are always starved for attention from any adult that is around. It's ridiculous, and it puts a burden on any adults that are actually present with their own kids. I don't want to be responsible if someone else's kid is fighting or falls off the monkey bars and breaks an arm. And this kid was 7 but parents do it with kids younger than that.

Yes mad lol.

[headinahole]

I roamed all over the place when I was younger, then again. The world is fuked nowadays, there's a kid diddler on every corner.

[brahsaurus]

Damn lol. I would go everywhere at that age and I lived in a bad neighborhood.

[pojo18]

She should be arrested for something that may or may not happen? So I guess if I'm driving down the highway and get pulled over for speeding my children should be taken away for child endangerment...based on the probability that we could have been involved in a high speed collision?

apples / oranges.

the child is 7 years old lol, that child should be supervised period at that age. the limit would be like playing outfront or outback for a short period of time and even that is pushing it lol. it's just too young, at that age your not that far removed from still chitting and pissing yourself.

[newleaseonlife]

I'm not a 'bellend', you're just a simpleton who doesn't understand how laws work. You don't have to have carried out every possible form of child neglect in order to be guilty of it.

I understand perfectly how laws work, you on the other hand seek to push some overprotective agenda where you think it's better for a child to become ward of a social institution than being with his mother because she allowed him to play in a park.


By definition Child neglect is.


Child neglect is a form of child maltreatment a deficit in meeting a child's basic needs including the failure to provide basic physical, health care,nutrition, emotional, education and/or safe housing needs.


Where exactly did she fall short?

[Firefightn24]

That it is bullchit.

When I was 7 I went all over the neighborhood and sometimes farther, and I lived a relatively sheltered life.

This. Kids use to be able to go outside and play on their own... now the parents get arrested. Wow.

[amorales135]

can confirm, psl is a ****ty place

[SiberianExpress]

I understand perfectly how laws work, you on the other hand seek to push some overprotective agenda where you think it's better for a child to become ward of a social institution than being with his mother because she allowed him to play in a park.


By definition Child neglect is.


Child neglect is a form of child maltreatment a deficit in meeting a child's basic needs including the failure to provide basic physical, health care,nutrition, emotional, education and/or safe housing needs.


Where exactly did she fall short?

Do i? Awesome, i love discovering my own opinions from some random miscer who has never met me. In answer to your question; physical care would cover it.