Boy's calls to 911 lead to mom's arrest

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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An 8-year-old boy riding in a car with his mom called 911 several times to report that she wasn't "acting normal," leading to her arrest for investigation of drunken driving and other charges, authorities said.

Paulette Lynn Spears, 33, was arrested Saturday after she drove to a fire station and said she had a medical problem.

Guided by her son's description of what he could see from the car, as well as by global positioning technology to track the phone calls, deputies arrived at the station less than a minute later.

"He said 'I don't know where we are, and Mom's not acting normal,'" sheriff's Sgt. Randon M. Walker said.

At one point, Spears took a cellular telephone from the boy, told the dispatcher not to worry and hung up, Walker said. The boy called back, and again his mother cut short the call, Walker said.
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"The mother kept interrupting the 8-year-old," he said. "It happened at least twice."

At one point, Walker said, Spears apparently bit the boy's hand to get the telephone away from him.

Four minutes before the boy's first call, dispatchers had received a report of car that matched the description of Spears' car being driven erratically.

The boy and a 5-year-old child, who was also in the car, were placed with an aunt. As of Monday, Spears remained in jail for investigation of drunken driving, two counts of reckless endangerment and assault of a child. It was not clear if she had a lawyer to speak for her because she had not appeared in court.

Records show she has at least one conviction for drunken driving.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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coolguy1973fla said:
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An 8-year-old boy riding in a car with his mom called 911 several times to report that she wasn't "acting normal," leading to her arrest for investigation of drunken driving and other charges, authorities said.

Paulette Lynn Spears, 33, was arrested Saturday after she drove to a fire station and said she had a medical problem.

Guided by her son's description of what he could see from the car, as well as by global positioning technology to track the phone calls, deputies arrived at the station less than a minute later.

"He said 'I don't know where we are, and Mom's not acting normal,'" sheriff's Sgt. Randon M. Walker said.

At one point, Spears took a cellular telephone from the boy, told the dispatcher not to worry and hung up, Walker said. The boy called back, and again his mother cut short the call, Walker said.
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"The mother kept interrupting the 8-year-old," he said. "It happened at least twice."

At one point, Walker said, Spears apparently bit the boy's hand to get the telephone away from him.

Four minutes before the boy's first call, dispatchers had received a report of car that matched the description of Spears' car being driven erratically.

The boy and a 5-year-old child, who was also in the car, were placed with an aunt. As of Monday, Spears remained in jail for investigation of drunken driving, two counts of reckless endangerment and assault of a child. It was not clear if she had a lawyer to speak for her because she had not appeared in court.

Records show she has at least one conviction for drunken driving.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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I may be pretty strict when it comes to children, but I love children. I would not let this woman have her children back.
 
Yeah that's kind of a crazy story! Glad she got arrested before she could do any further harm.
 
She needs to be thoroughly dried out and be allowed only supervised visitation with her children. I cannot imagine a mother putting her own children in danger like that, then assaulting them when the children have to be the grown-up and do the right thing.
 
Dixie said:
She needs to be thoroughly dried out and be allowed only supervised visitation with her children. I cannot imagine a mother putting her own children in danger like that, then assaulting them when the children have to be the grown-up and do the right thing.
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It is sad that the child had to make that choice. Makes me wonder what that child has been through.
 
More than most of us could ever imagine.
 
Whoa... check out the mother's name.

Paulette Lynn Spears


Hmm... any relation to the cursed Spears Sisters?
 
Does anyone recall the story of the mother being too drunk to drive home, so she makes her 5 year old son drive home for her, when the boy drove into someones yard they were pulled over and the officer was flabbergasted to see that it was a young boy driving, with the drunk mother in the passenger seat!
 
Mother should NOT drive when she was in this condition. She should have wait until she is completely dried out first before she can drive. See, she puts herself in jail because, of this. Her kids shouldn't have gone through all that.
 
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