Tuesday, May 26, 2009

555 lbs.

TOWSON, Md. (AP) -- A woman accused of neglecting her 555-pound son's health will return to South Carolina to face charges.
Baltimore County police say 49-year-old Jerri Gray of Travelers Rest, S.C., waived her right to an extradition hearing Tuesday.
Gray and her son, 14-year-old Alexander Draper, were found last week in the Baltimore suburb of Woodlawn. Police found them after tracing calls on her cell phone.
County police spokesman Cpl. Mike Hill says corrections officials will work out details of her return with South Carolina officials.
Gray was charged on a South Carolina warrant for violating a custody order. Police did not know if she had an attorney.

Hold on. Whoa there. Before you get to all the legal-mumbo-jumbo, Associated Press, how about you slow down and tell me how a 14-year-old boy weighing 555 pounds gets lost? I don't care how the police found his mother, or what suburb they were in. I want to know how he got out of his house, how he was possibly walking around Baltimore, and how in the world police think its a big accomplishment to FIND a 555 pound teenager. The question the reporter should be asking is, "how do you NOT find a 555 pound teenager?"

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