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Mom Calls Cops on Grand Theft Auto-Addled Teen

Boston police talk boy into shutting off PlayStation

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 21, 2009 5:02 PM CST

(Newser) – A Boston teen's excessive video game playing caused his mom to call 911 this weekend. Angela Mejia awoke at 2:30am to find her son still playing Grand Theft Auto IV, so she unplugged his PlayStation. "I want to help my son, but I can’t find a way," lamented the stressed-out mom. The video-addled 14-year-old argued, so she called the cops, who managed to persuade the son to hit pause on his life of virtual crime.

“They were just like, ‘Chill out. Go to bed,’ ” Mejia's son told the Boston Herald. Said his mom: "I called because if you don’t respect your mother, what are you going to do in your life?"

In this photo released by Rockstar Games shows a scene from Grand Theft Auto IV.
In this photo released by Rockstar Games shows a scene from Grand Theft Auto IV.   (AP Photo/Rockstar Games)
In this photo released by Rockstar Games shows a scene from Grand Theft Auto IV.
In this photo released by Rockstar Games shows a scene from Grand Theft Auto IV.   (AP Photo/Rockstar Games)
In this photo made Sept. 15, 2009, the Xbox 360 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 limited edition console is unveiled in Los Angeles.
In this photo made Sept. 15, 2009, the Xbox 360 "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" limited edition console is unveiled in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Xbox, Dan Steinberg)
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COMMENTS
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2-bits
Dec 22, 2009 12:48 PM CST
I like DLY's hat. :3. Also, I guess if I had one more nice thing to say about him: He never makes anybody feel stupid.
fancygapva
Dec 22, 2009 12:43 PM CST
He may be bigger than she is, stronger, meaner. I saw a mother who had almost been killed by her son with Autism when she took away his gameboy. He was 13. Who knows what kind of problems/lack of behavioral control, etc. this kid has if his "argument" about the game was such that she had to call the cops. LOTS of parents call the cops about their uncontrollable kids, the weird thing about this is that it got in the paper.
2-bits
Dec 22, 2009 12:42 PM CST
Wow, DLY you hit the nail right on the head, we DO campaign of a platform of annoying the police.

 
parenting • Boston • children • video game console • 911 call • gaming • Xbox 360 • single parenting • PlayStation • Grand Theft Auto • Grand Theft Auto IV • video games

 
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