A Wisconsin mother was arrested for kicking her 12-year-old son out of her car and making him walk nearly two miles along a busy highway, per Law & Crime. She has since been released on bail.
Flor Escalante was charged with felony child abandonment and a misdemeanor charge for child neglect on November 7. Escalante reportedly got into a heated argument with her son about his grades during the drive to his tutoring center.
Escalante stopped the car on the side of the I-94 highway, told her son to get out, and told him to walk the rest of the way to the tutoring center. According to reports from Milwaukee Fox affiliate WITI, there were multiple calls from drivers who reported
“a 10- or 12-year-old on the shoulder crying,”
and
“He doesn’t know his mom or dad’s name. We’re going to be setting up a post.”
When the police arrived at the boy, it was already dark and rush hour traffic was heavy. The temperature had dropped to around 50 degrees, and the boy wasn’t dressed for the cold and didn’t have access to a phone to call anyone for help. He told the officers that he was walking to the Sylvan Learning Center where his mom was waiting for him. The police took him to the center and then arrested Escalante, bringing her to the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department for questioning.
She told officers that her son
“didn’t appreciate everything [she] did for him,”
which is the reason she made him walk
“so he can understand what labor is,”
according to the criminal complaint. The complaint also stated that while Escalante was
“visibly upset about the situation,”
she
“did not seem to grasp the recklessness and negligent nature of her actions.”
She was released on $500 bail.
#Clique, what are your thoughts?
