Ala. boy fakes kidnapping to hide bad grades
AP
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -An 11-year-old boy gets high marks in storytelling after staging a hoax to cover up his bad grades. Police said the boy faked his kidnapping Friday to avoid bringing home a bad report card, saying that a man with a pistol snatched him after he left Ed White Middle School. The boy said the man forced him into a "beat-up car" and threatened to kill him.
The student said he escaped by jumping out of the car but wasn't able to grab his bookbag, which contained the report card.
He ran to his grandparents' house and later confessed to lying. His grandfather called police to apologize.
Sgt. Mark Roberts said police were suspicious that the boy was able to "escape" with his band instrument, but not his bookbag.
We've seen this type of story play out in real life and sitcoms a million times. Some kid has it coming so he runs away and then figures if he reappears at home, his parents will be so relieved that they'll give him a break. It never works. So this kid throws a variable in there. He claims to be kidnapped. You know what, that just makes it worse.
I feel bad for this kid that he didn't get good marks in school. If his parents have any sense he'll have some news marks. Giant red ones on his ass.
No comments:
Post a Comment