Max Power
Footballguy
Please keep the schtick to a minimum for the moment. My wife is going through a tough time. She has always been a good mom and never been in trouble in her life.
She works from home most days and we have 3 kids on summer break. 7,8 and 11. Last Thursday she was working from home and she was just put on a new account that requires a security clearance. Part of the process is to submit fingerprints for the criminal background investigation. Her work asked her to come in and do that ASAP. She has only been at that company for 9 months, so she is still under pressure to do what they say.
She set the alarm and told the kids to stay put. Unfortunately there was a power outage while she was out. We arent sure if the power outage tripped the alarm or the kids did, but it went off. She got two calls from the security monitoring company that she did not answer (her fault) and it went to the local PD after that. In her defense, we've only lived at this house for 2 weeks. Its not a number she knows.
So the cops came and our oldest called mom. She called me and let me know that the cops were at the house. Long story short, in the state of North Carolina a child under the age of 8 is not allowed to left alone without supervision. A case can be argued that the 11 year old is adequate, so we will get a lawyer for that. Ultimately the police arrested my wife since she was the last to leave the house. Her entire time with law enforcement was a bunch of "you're the nicest person we've ever dealt with and you don't belong here". The arresting officer just did his job.
Legally its put in paper as Child Abuse and a crime against a minor. We had a DCS agent show up tonight to do a walk through the house. She was very nice and understanding. My wife goes to court in October. We're a good family and not the type of people the state should waste calories on.
I'm mainly posting this as a FYI and to not let others fall into the same situation. I promised the wife that I wouldnt talk to family about it. Child abuse in writing doesn't fit the situation. Shes a great mom and doesn't need that tag on her.
She works from home most days and we have 3 kids on summer break. 7,8 and 11. Last Thursday she was working from home and she was just put on a new account that requires a security clearance. Part of the process is to submit fingerprints for the criminal background investigation. Her work asked her to come in and do that ASAP. She has only been at that company for 9 months, so she is still under pressure to do what they say.
She set the alarm and told the kids to stay put. Unfortunately there was a power outage while she was out. We arent sure if the power outage tripped the alarm or the kids did, but it went off. She got two calls from the security monitoring company that she did not answer (her fault) and it went to the local PD after that. In her defense, we've only lived at this house for 2 weeks. Its not a number she knows.
So the cops came and our oldest called mom. She called me and let me know that the cops were at the house. Long story short, in the state of North Carolina a child under the age of 8 is not allowed to left alone without supervision. A case can be argued that the 11 year old is adequate, so we will get a lawyer for that. Ultimately the police arrested my wife since she was the last to leave the house. Her entire time with law enforcement was a bunch of "you're the nicest person we've ever dealt with and you don't belong here". The arresting officer just did his job.
Legally its put in paper as Child Abuse and a crime against a minor. We had a DCS agent show up tonight to do a walk through the house. She was very nice and understanding. My wife goes to court in October. We're a good family and not the type of people the state should waste calories on.
I'm mainly posting this as a FYI and to not let others fall into the same situation. I promised the wife that I wouldnt talk to family about it. Child abuse in writing doesn't fit the situation. Shes a great mom and doesn't need that tag on her.