Parents have sixth-grader arrested
April 06, 2010 06:25:00 PM
SARAH OWEN / News Herald Writer
CALLAWAY — Police arrested a sixth-grade student Monday at the request of the boy’s parents, after he said he stole and then gave away more than $7,000 worth of his mother’s jewelry.
The boy told police he gave a classmate at Everett Middle School a white gold ring and a diamond ring, which he had taken from his mother’s jewelry box the previous week. When he asked the girl to return the jewelry, she gave back the white gold ring but said she “had lost” the diamond ring, according to a Bay County Sheriff’s Office report.
The boy gave a sapphire ring to another friend who, when asked, said he had given it to a female classmate, according to the report. Another boy told his friend that he could have his mother’s emerald and sapphire ring back if he gave him a reward.
The boy’s stepfather was adamant about filing charges, police reported, so the deputy “placed (him) into handcufffs (double locked) and placed him in my patrol vehicle.”
Police booked the student into the Bay County Jail on grand theft charges, and then took him to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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The story is badly written so it's kind of hard to understand what went on, but it looks like a boy was taken to juvenile jail at the request of his parents for stealing his mother's jewelry. He gave two pieces of jewelry to a girl in his class, and another piece to a friend of his who in turn gave it to another girl in the class. Both the girl and the boy's friend refused to give back all the jewelry upon request. Yet, only the boy was taken into custody.
Personally, it just sounds like to me that the boy knew a girl in his class that he really liked and wanted to impress. So he stole some jewelry from his mom probably not knowing how much it was worth. His step-father then calls the cops on him.
