Mom charged after putting recording device in daughter's backpack
In late September, Sims says she had enough. She tells 10 On Your Side her 9-year-old daughter was getting bullied at Ocean View Elementary. She says repeated calls and emails to the school went un-returned. [...] Sims says she took actions into her own hands. She wanted to prove that nothing was being done to help her 4th grade daughter. She put a digital recorder into her daughter's backpack in hopes of catching audio from inside the classroom. "If I'm not getting an answer from you what am I left to do?" she asked. The recorder was found. The 9-year-old was moved to a new classroom and about a month later Sims was charged by police.
[...] Sims was charged with felony use of device to intercept oral communication and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The felony charge could carry five years in prison.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 30 2017, @03:18AM (1 child)
Well it's been many decades since I was nine, but as I recall being too young to provide legal consent myself meant that power fell to my mother.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Sulla on Thursday November 30 2017, @04:13AM
Can I bug my car as a precaution against thieves? Children are property until 18.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam