Watch: Fed-Up Mom Begs Cops to Stop Sending Son Home After She Turns Him In for Car Theft: ‘Lock Him Up, Do Something’
A mom in Columbus, Ohio, is frustrated with how the criminal justice system is treating her teenage son — because it’s not being harsh enough with him.
Tiffany Hammons said her 17-year-old son has stolen multiple cars and crashed some of them, and that even when police catch him, they just bring him home to her.
“I’ve been begging and pleading – please arrest him, lock him up, do something that’s going to make him pay for the things that he’s out here doing,” Hammons told WBNS.
In addition to the theft and property damage, Hammons said her son doesn’t even have a driver’s license.
Columbus, a city of about 900,000 residents,