Boy Arrested for Opening Christmas Gift Early

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'DECEMBER 5--A South Carolina boy, 12, was arrested Sunday morning afterhis mother called police to report that he had unwrapped a Christmaspresent without her permission. According to a Rock Hill PoliceDepartment report (a copy of which you'll find below), the child openeda Nintendo Game Boy, though he had been directed not to by familymembers. When the boy's mother learned that the $85 gift had beenopened, she called cops, who charged the juvenile with petty larceny.In an interview with The Heraldnewspaper, the boy's mother, a 27-year-old single parent, described herson as a disruptive child, noting that she hoped his arrest would serveas a corrective to disorderly behavior at school and home. (2 pages)'

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What a crime. I mean seriously, getting your child a Game Boy?. Seriously woman, get him a DS/Lite. What a horrible parent.