Beer-drinking boy in dress 'wants to go to jail ... where his daddy is'

[G_j]

http://www.kval.com/news/national/79541062.html

Beer-drinking boy in dress 'wants to go to jail ... where his daddy is'

Story Published: Dec 17, 2009 at 9:47 AM PST
By Associated Press

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee investigators say a 4-year-old boy was found roaming his neighborhood in the night, drinking beer and wearing a little girl's dress taken from under a neighbor's Christmas tree.

The child's mother, 21-year-old April Wright, tells WTVC-TV the boy "wants to go to jail because that's where his daddy is." Wright says she and the boy's father are going though a divorce.

The boy, found outside his house in Chatanooga on Tuesday, was taken to a hospital and treated for alcohol consumption.

Hamilton County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Janice Atkinson says the incident is being investigated but the department declined to release the report.

The boy's mother says she met with child protective services and was told she will get to keep custody of her son.

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so sad..

[crazyjoe]

1. future republican

[fl_dem]

4. theres nothing funny about this article at all..

in fact it is quite sad........however, you made me laugh out loud. That was a good one!

[mbperrin]

2. Any reason why she gets to keep the child?

Anyone? It's beyond me.

[Love Bug]

3. That poor child

His father's in jail and his mother is an idiot. Who the hell told this 4 year old where his daddy was? No kid that age needs to know something like that. And my God, roaming around unwatched and drinking beer? Yet child protective services thinks that mother is ok. I don't get it.

[surrealAmerican]

7. It's better to have him know where his dad is.

Otherwise, a kid that age will think his father left him because he (the kid) did something wrong, or that dad is in danger. Also, he may have the opportunity to visit his dad in jail from time to time.

[Love Bug]

8. He's only 4 years old

He can be told something like his dad is working in another state or some other plausible lie. He doesn't need to know his father is in jail, at least not at his age.

[MilesColtrane]

5. Sad

[mitchum]

6. That's like a Harmony Korine movie