A Georgia mother is refusing to take a plea deal after her 10-year-old son was arrested on child endangerment charges after he went out into the street unsupervised.
Brittany Patterson, 41, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia, was arrested by the Fannin County Sheriff's Office on October 30th after she left her son alone at home and wandered less than a mile into town. According to NBC News.
The Fannin County Sheriff's Office initially called the mother to inform her of the fact that her son, Soren, was alone in the town near the North Carolina border.
“It's not a super dangerous road, it's not a dangerous road at all,” Patterson told the outlet, referring to the road leading from his rural home to the town of Mineral Bluff. “I wasn't afraid of him or worried about his safety.”
Deputies drove Soren home, then handcuffed him again several hours later and arrested him in front of his family.
Patterson was arrested on suspicion of reckless conduct and held on $500 bail, according to the report.
The mother said she was angry and frustrated that her children had to witness her being handcuffed and arrested by police.
Mr. Patterson rejected the offer to drop the charges, insisting that the charges were completely unwarranted.
According to NBC, the sheriff's office said she and her attorney would drop the charges if Patterson signs a document with a safety plan for her children.
“This is not right. I did nothing wrong,” she said. “I'm going to fight for it.”
