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, Funny) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday November 30 2017, @03:54AM (4 children)
this is the South.
they have extreme difficulty with logic and reason, down there.
sorry if the truth hurts.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 30 2017, @04:21AM (2 children)
The Hampton Roads region is not "the south". Ever been there? It's one huge military base with a nice resort area at one end.
Culturally, it has more in common with Baltimore or Newark than Savannah or Raleigh-Durham.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday November 30 2017, @09:38AM
However, in one word, where's that region? South fits quite well.
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(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Friday December 01 2017, @04:30AM
never been there, but I'm quite certain that virginia is NOT the north, as far as attitudes go.
most certainly south.
note, I never said deep south, but its surely a southern state.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 30 2017, @07:33AM
I agree with what AC posted about the Hampton Roads area. There ARE a few bits of Virginia that are still "South", but the southeast corner of the state is not. You only hear a very rare southern drawl - you're more likely to hear a NYC accent than an Alabama or Georgia accent.