Cheeky 4-Year-Old Wisconsin Boy Calls Cops On Mom For ‘Being Bad’

MOUNT PLEASANT, WI — Count on a cheeky 4-year-old boy from Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, never living this down: He called the cops and reported his mom for “being bad” and said she “needed to go to jail.”

In a statement on Facebook last week, the village police department said authorities weren’t able to get details before the boy ended the call. As is customary in 911 hang ups, officers Rachel Gardinier and Francesca Ostergaard were dispatched to the home to investigate.

Mom’s crime was a big one in the eyes of a preschooler with a sweet tooth.

She ate his ice cream.

When questioned by police, the boy said he no longer wanted Mom to go to jail, but “just wanted some ice cream.” Becuse he said he no longer thought his mom should be locked up, the officers returned the next day to surprise him with ice cream, according to the Facebook post.

Something like 3,900 people shared and commented on the post. They included parents who can relate.

“My oldest would call 911 when I’d have him take a nap to the point they’d tell him it was nap time and to go to sleep,” one person commented.

“Reminds me of the time when my sister called 911 on my brother for cheating on the Wii,” someone else said.

Others related with the kid, including this person, who said, “If I was waiting on some ice cream I left for later and came back to it eaten, I, too, might have [taken] similar actions for such heinous crime.”

“I’m not saying it’s right,” another person said. “I’m just saying it’s valid and I’d do the same thing.”

Several people noted that calling 911 in non-emergencies can have legal consequences and that officers rewarded him by bringing him ice cream.

“He shouldn’t have been given a treat for bad behavior. It’s no wonder there are so many problems with kids,” one person said, drawing a swift rebuke from others who questioned the person’s character, overall “funness” and fitness to be a parent or grandparent.

“That’s so sweet but he probably thinks anytime he calls 911 they will bring him ice cream, so a precedent has been set,” someone else said.

“He’s too young to understand it was a crime,” another person interjected. “A good lecture and reminder about appropriate 911 calls will suffice.”

“My first thought, ‘good for him and his parents for teaching him to call 911 in an emergency,’” one person said. “My second thought taking into consideration his age: ‘It was an emergency.’ Critical thinking is hard for most adults. I have seen calls to our local police by adults that have less understanding of an emergency. Cute little boy!”

Several people defended the boy for the same reason.

“I remember hearing about a toddler calling about using the potty. Emergencies to kids, even if adults don’t experience them as emergencies, can be very scary or upsetting,” one person said.

“We forget that so easily,” another person agreed. “Something so small can be catastrophic for children, have to treat it as such.”

A couple of people said that if they’d pulled that, they’d never get ice cream again.

“My mama would have me eat oatmeal the next five [years] after this,” one person said.

“The cold kind when you stick the spoon in,” another person responded. “You can pick it all up and bite or lick it like a Popsicle.”

“I thought I was the only one who thought I woulda been eating oatmeal forever,” the first person said “The words ‘ice cream’ would have been ‘slippideeslapped’ out of my brain so easily! Le Struggle.”