I've been having a difficult parenting time lately – between teething in the baby and an advanced case of Three in the older child, there's been yelling and impatience and flat out tantrums on both ends. But at least I'm not this woman.
Police say that a Milwaukee woman celebrated her 37th birthday by knocking over a couple gas stations with her 17-year-old son. According to police, he robbed, she drove. Even better, her 14-and10-year old sons and 13-month-old daughter were along for the ride. Allegedly.
According to the police report, the woman's son robbed a gas station in Milwaukee and then less than an hour later, police in suburban Greenfield southwest of Milwaukee received a 911 call just before 8 pm last Tuesday from a Speedway gas station. They stopped the car about a mile away. The son ran and was caught by police. All three of the other kids stayed in the car.
Mom and son (who was apparently visiting from Chicago to celebrate his mom's birthday) were arrested. The other three kids were in the custody of Wisconsin's Department of Children and Family Services.
Lovely.
