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A fight between two kids turned criminal when the grandfather of the battered one called the police. Now, the mother of the other kid has been charged with a crime, in relation to the incident.
This all went down last month, as 33-year-old Chelsey Casas was driving her son through Elwood, Indiana. At one point, the son pointed out another boy that was coming out of a store and told her that he was “sick” of being bullied by him at school, the Herald Bulletin reports, citing a probable cause affidavit by Cody Antrim of the Elwood Police Department.
The son told Casas that he wanted her to pull over so he could tell the other boy to stop. Instead, the son got out and hit the boy with an open hand, causing his lip to split and blood to come out both nostrils. The son got back inside the car and the mother drove home.
The other boy took his bike and went to his grandfather to let him know what happened, and the man called the cops. Antrim visited the battered boy and then went to Casas’ home. Casas admitted to stopping the car so her son could batter the other boy, but stressed that he’d been bullying her son for far too long and the school wasn’t doing anything about it.
“I asked Chelsey if she thought that this was acceptable behavior to teach her child or condone her child to fight another,” Antrim wrote in the affidavit. “She stated 'no' and that she just wasn't thinking straight.”
“I then informed her that, that doesn't mean they can condone one child battering another,” Antrim continied. “Chelsey began to cry and stated that she knows and that she wasn't thinking.”
The other day, Casas was arrested and booked into jail on the charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and is now out on bond. The case has also been referred to juvenile probation.
The son told Casas that he wanted her to pull over so he could tell the other boy to stop. Instead, the son got out and hit the boy with an open hand, causing his lip to split and blood to come out both nostrils. The son got back inside the car and the mother drove home.
The other boy took his bike and went to his grandfather to let him know what happened, and the man called the cops. Antrim visited the battered boy and then went to Casas’ home. Casas admitted to stopping the car so her son could batter the other boy, but stressed that he’d been bullying her son for far too long and the school wasn’t doing anything about it.
“I asked Chelsey if she thought that this was acceptable behavior to teach her child or condone her child to fight another,” Antrim wrote in the affidavit. “She stated 'no' and that she just wasn't thinking straight.”
“I then informed her that, that doesn't mean they can condone one child battering another,” Antrim continied. “Chelsey began to cry and stated that she knows and that she wasn't thinking.”
The other day, Casas was arrested and booked into jail on the charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and is now out on bond. The case has also been referred to juvenile probation.
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