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Mommy Dearest

An unidentified woman in Bismarck, N.D., discovered $6 was missing from her kitchen counter. She questioned her two young sons and the 7-year-old admitted taking the cash. What’s a mother to do? She called the cops. “She wanted him cited for theft, so that is what we did,” said Bismarck police Lt. Nick Sevart. “We believe in early intervention.” (Reuters) ...Better get to work on the mother quick, then.


Publication Date: 27 May 2001

This story is in True's book collection, Volume 7.