Your Thoughts Re: Mom Arrested because Son weighs 555 Pounds
RAVELERS REST, S.C., July 21 (UPI) -- A South Carolina mother whose 14-year-old son weighs 555 pounds has been charged with criminal neglect, prosecutors said. Jerri Gray's case could lead to more criminal action against parents of dangerously overweight children, her lawyer, Grant Varner, told USA Today in a story published Tuesday.
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Addendum: July 22nd '09
14-year-old Alexander Deundray Draper of South Carolina had been on the run with his mother, Jerri Althea Gray. Gray had been told by a family court judge to turn her son over to the state because they determined that he "was of the weight where it was decided by medical authorities that he needed treatment that was not being provided for by his mother."
That weight is 555 pounds. According to CNN, the mother did not appear in court as ordered, "and has concealed the child."
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What?! I'd be interested to know your thoughts BWC.
http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/94063.ht...
Addendum: July 22nd '09
14-year-old Alexander Deundray Draper of South Carolina had been on the run with his mother, Jerri Althea Gray. Gray had been told by a family court judge to turn her son over to the state because they determined that he "was of the weight where it was decided by medical authorities that he needed treatment that was not being provided for by his mother."
That weight is 555 pounds. According to CNN, the mother did not appear in court as ordered, "and has concealed the child."
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerder...
What?! I'd be interested to know your thoughts BWC.
This is insane! She can't be with the child all of the time, and if she were not to keep food in the house she would be charged with neglect. So, this is not a winning situation at all.