This past weekend was great-grandson's weekend with his dad. He lives in a town about 15 to 20 miles away. We dropped Alex off with him on Friday at 5:00. I guess his wife has a job now at the local convenience store and she worked on Saturday until 8:00 p.m. I'm assuming from noon to 8:00. Sometime during that night I'm guessing about 2:00 to 2:30 a.m. the police were called to their house and his father was arrested. It sounds like it was a domestic battery situation. There were a total of five charges between Criminal damage, aggravated battery, intimidating a witness, interference with law enforcement, and child endangerment. The children were left there the with mom and not removed.
I later found out that his wife said he was drunk when she came home at the end of her shift. So he was watching three kids ages four and under. We picked Alex up early from his stepmoms and she said she tried to keep him in his room but he was aware of some things. And after the police said arrested his dad he wanted to talk to the policeman. She said it was mostly inquisitive stuff about being a policeman and not about his dad.
We also stopped and talked to his dad and stepmom that live in the same town about the situation. This puts our great grandson and a vulnerable position. As dad is in jail and his mom is to leave Tuesday morning for another rehab 150 miles away. They said they weren't feeling him out. But yesterday I saw that he had been bailed out. He was in jail on a $30,000 bond. And using a bail bondsman would cost 3000.00.
We do have medical authorization for Alex and his parents absence and we do have paperwork at the Head start that we can talk to them or sign papers for him at school. A an attorney that my husband knows thought that would be enough to keep him here. But it's scary. But doing anything to get SRS involved is scarier.
I am sure if she doesn't complete this new rehab she will be going to jail. I don't have to drive her the 150 mi to this rehab as the corrections department is providing transportation. This is a fairly big red flag that it's serious!
This facility seems a little stricter than the last one. I did call to find out how we would contact her in emergency regarding her child. They get their phones three evenings a week from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. they can bring some snack and drink foods with them locked in a locker. But they cannot bring caffeinated drinks. The facility will serve coffee in the morning but not after 10:00 a.m.
I'll try to give an update in a while to see how it's going there. At this point we do not plan on visiting. Ksm
I later found out that his wife said he was drunk when she came home at the end of her shift. So he was watching three kids ages four and under. We picked Alex up early from his stepmoms and she said she tried to keep him in his room but he was aware of some things. And after the police said arrested his dad he wanted to talk to the policeman. She said it was mostly inquisitive stuff about being a policeman and not about his dad.
We also stopped and talked to his dad and stepmom that live in the same town about the situation. This puts our great grandson and a vulnerable position. As dad is in jail and his mom is to leave Tuesday morning for another rehab 150 miles away. They said they weren't feeling him out. But yesterday I saw that he had been bailed out. He was in jail on a $30,000 bond. And using a bail bondsman would cost 3000.00.
We do have medical authorization for Alex and his parents absence and we do have paperwork at the Head start that we can talk to them or sign papers for him at school. A an attorney that my husband knows thought that would be enough to keep him here. But it's scary. But doing anything to get SRS involved is scarier.
I am sure if she doesn't complete this new rehab she will be going to jail. I don't have to drive her the 150 mi to this rehab as the corrections department is providing transportation. This is a fairly big red flag that it's serious!
This facility seems a little stricter than the last one. I did call to find out how we would contact her in emergency regarding her child. They get their phones three evenings a week from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. they can bring some snack and drink foods with them locked in a locker. But they cannot bring caffeinated drinks. The facility will serve coffee in the morning but not after 10:00 a.m.
I'll try to give an update in a while to see how it's going there. At this point we do not plan on visiting. Ksm
