The report was about a recent gas station robbery and the faces of the suspects were clearly visible on the surveillance video. Brenda Whitely says her son has yet to turn himself in to authorities, that despite many calls from mom. Just the sort of Christmas catch up we’re assuming she was looking forward to this holiday season.
“Heartbreaking. Words can’t even explain,” Whitely, who lives out of state, told the station. “It’s just like, ‘Wow. That’s my kid.'” She said he’s been dealing with drug addiction. “I’m watching him and he don’t know. He needs help. I am going to call the police. I don’t want to see him in jail, but it’s going to save his life.”
This article appears in Dec 21-27, 2016.
Unless her son fully understands that he has hit rock bottom and crime does not pay….he may become a statistic for recidivism – that being assured of three hot and a cot beats trying to play by those “impossible” societal rules.