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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Boy, 8, Calls 911 to Report Drunk Driving Mom - Paulette Lynn Spears, Vancouver

Ah yes, another Mother of the Year Finalist and possible Dumbass of Year contender by the name of Paulette Lynn Spears (no relation to Britney, other than her parenting skills, apprently.) Ms. Spears was arrested last week for drunk driving. That's not unusual, but how she got caught is: her son, 8, called cops from the car to turn in his own mother. Here's more from the Associated Press:
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.
"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.

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