drunk 4-year-old steals christmas presents

One was a girl's brown dress which Hayden was wearing when police found him.

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Drunk 4-Year-Old Steals Christmas Presents

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December 16, 2009 5:05 PM

Karen Zatkulak

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WTVC-TV) - A 4-year-old boy, beer in hand, is accused of stealing Christmas presents from his neighbors. It's a strange story, but also a sad one.

 

April Wright is 21 years old and is going through a divorce with her husband who is in jail. She says she is not sure how her 4-year-old managed to get out of the house, open a beer, and steal the neighbors presents from under their tree. Now she's just glad he's okay and says she won't let it happen again.

 

The child, Hayden Wright, was found around 1:45 am Tuesday, wandering the streets of his neighborhood. In a police reports, officers said he was wearing a little girl's dress and drinking a beer. The police report says the child had to taken to the hospital to be treated for alcohol consumption.

 

April Wright said, "Biggest concern was him being out there, getting kidnapped, getting run over, the alcohol, having to have his stomach pumped."

 

Wright says she woke up that night at 1:45 am and panicked when she found Hayden was gone. She says she put safety devices on all the doors so her kids couldn't get out, but Hayden was able to break the safety device off the doorknob and get outside.

 

Once out, Wright says her four year old followed his father's footsteps and was found on Blue Spruce Road, drinking.

 

"He runs away trying to find his father," she said. "He wants to get in trouble so he can go to jail because that's where his daddy is."

 

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office report says Hayden rang the doorbell a few houses down and the neighbor answered, finding the child holding a partially consumeed 12-ounce beer.

 

Wright said, "He got it out of my father's cooler in the back and how he got it open I don't understand because it was one of those tab beers."

 

But it doesn't stop there. The report said Hayden then snuck into a neighbor's house through an unlocked front door, and stole five wrapped Christmas gifts. One was a girl's brown dress which Hayden was wearing when police found him.

 

"Going to the neighbor's house and taking their presents, very embarrassing," said April.

 

She admits she was not just embarrassed, but scared, and rushed to the hospital that night with Hayden. She said she tries to be a good mother and loves her son, but now feels like a failure.

 

"Kids do things like this and it's out of your control, you can do the best you can as a mother, everyone makes mistakes, it was an honest mistake," she said.

 

Wright did meet with child protective services today who told her she will get to keep custody of Hayden.

December 16 + steal the neighbors presents from under their tree does not compute

  On 12/17/2009 at 5:19 PM, Babar said:

December 16 + steal the neighbors presents from under their tree does not compute

we have presents under our tree right now, only santa's come on christmas eve

  On 12/17/2009 at 5:20 PM, IRARI said:

  On 12/17/2009 at 5:19 PM, Babar said:

December 16 + steal the neighbors presents from under their tree does not compute

 

we have presents under our tree right now, only santa's come on christmas eve

Only in Tennessee...

One word: Spanking.

  On 12/17/2009 at 5:19 PM, Babar said:

December 16 + steal the neighbors presents from under their tree does not compute

I think it's part of chanukah or something.

you guys are totally immature

that kid's got balls. i wanna know him when he grows up

Original article with some pictures and a video that I didn't watch.

http://www.newschannel9.com/news/year-987196-old-christmas.html

Hmmmm, I wonder what possibly could the father have done to be in jail?

OMG look at the mom.

that video is must see

god, user commenting beneath news articles on the actual sites has to be the absolute worst invention ever.

  On 12/17/2009 at 7:28 PM, sneaksta303 said:

OMG look at the mom.

 

that video is must see

yea, I can't believe that she's only 21

go alcoholic parents

  On 12/17/2009 at 7:52 PM, mrx said:

  On 12/17/2009 at 7:28 PM, sneaksta303 said:

OMG look at the mom.

 

that video is must see

yea, I can't believe that she's only 21

immediately made me think of this wonderful film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeNln3rvck

  On 12/17/2009 at 7:52 PM, mrx said:

  On 12/17/2009 at 7:28 PM, sneaksta303 said:

OMG look at the mom.

 

that video is must see

yea, I can't believe that she's only 21

immediately made me think of this wonderful film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeNln3rvck

*jizzes*

  On 12/17/2009 at 9:02 PM, sneaksta303 said:

immediately made me think of this wonderful film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeNln3rvck

god yeah i watched that for the first time about a year ago... christ. seriously. she could play the part of the retarded whore. wow, that came out harsher than it sounded in my head.

  On 12/17/2009 at 9:42 PM, bigs said:

  On 12/17/2009 at 9:02 PM, sneaksta303 said:

immediately made me think of this wonderful film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeNln3rvck

god yeah i watched that for the first time about a year ago... christ. seriously. she could play the part of the retarded whore. wow, that came out harsher than it sounded in my head.

that's the vid i was looking for. i couldn't find it in 2 min so i gave up and posted this instead. I didn't want to take the time to up it to youtube myself for the thread (lazy).

  On 12/17/2009 at 5:53 PM, ezkerraldean said:

that kid's got balls. i wanna know him when he grows up

Hell yeah

he was wearing a little girl's dress and drinking a beer.

Once out, Wright says her four year old followed his father's footsteps and was found on Blue Spruce Road, drinking.

"He runs away trying to find his father," she said. "He wants to get in trouble so he can go to jail because that's where his daddy is."

The little guy's got his lil heart in the right place. Awwww how cute

lol

A drunken 4 year old wondering around in a stolen dress, Nice. He's lucky he didn't end up at the wrong door.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wdmSL2-Ock

i like how they say "holding a partially drank, 16 ounce, cold bud light beer"

  On 12/18/2009 at 10:31 AM, Bubba69 said:

i like how they say "holding a partially drank, 16 ounce, cold bud light beer"

does this mean the beer was mixed with purple? so that it was "partially drank?"