Boy's Calls to 911 Lead to Mom's Arrest

[Omaha Steve]

According to MADD, this is political.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20071022/D8SEG58O0.html

Oct 22, 4:03 PM (ET)

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - An 8-year-old boy riding in a car with his mom called 911 several times to report that she wasn't "acting normal," leading to her arrest for investigation of drunken driving and other charges, authorities said.

Paulette Lynn Spears, 33, was arrested Saturday after she drove to a fire station and said she had a medical problem.

Guided by her son's description of what he could see from the car, as well as by global positioning technology to track the phone calls, deputies arrived at the station less than a minute later.

"He said 'I don't know where we are, and Mom's not acting normal,'" sheriff's Sgt. Randon M. Walker said.

At one point, Spears took a cellular telephone from the boy, told the dispatcher not to worry and hung up, Walker said. The boy called back, and again his mother cut short the call, Walker said.

FULL story at link.

[Kagemusha]

1. Uh, this is political? Can you elaborate on that at all?

Thank you... because that's not part of the FULL story at link.

[Omaha Steve]

3. My fault

MADD has several articles about drunk driving laws being hard to pass because of the liquor lobby. That was my thinking. I should have elaborated. To me that qualifies this as political since it was a drunk driving charge.

[Mojorabbit]

6. I hate that organization

I blame them for police checkpoints and I tell them so whenever they call for a donation.

[Der Blaue Engel]

2. Britney's cousin? n/t

[ellenfl]

4. lol, that's what i was thinking! eom

[David Zephyr]

5. Anthony Scalia's daugher is driving her kids around drunk again?

Oh, it's not her this time. Sorry.