- Sarah Sims, from Norfolk, Virginia, claims repeated calls and emails to her daughter’s school went unanswered when she complained she was being bullied
- So she took matters into her own hands and sent her to school with a recorder
- But the recording device was found and Ms Sims now faces a felony charge
A single mom who put a recording device in her nine-year-old daughter’s backpack to catch out school bullies faces a felony charge.
Sarah Sims, from Norfolk, Virginia, claims repeated calls and emails to her nine-year-old daughter’s school, Ocean View elementary, went unanswered when she complained the fourth-grader was being bullied.
In September, the mother took matters into her own hands when she sent her daughter to school with a digital recorder in her backpack to find out if the teacher was ignoring the situation.
Sarah Sims, from Norfolk, Virginia, claims repeated calls and emails to her nine-year-old daughter’s school, Ocean View elementary, went unanswered when she complained the fourth-grader was being bullied
The recorder was found and the child has since been moved to another classroom.
About a month later, Sims was charged with use of a device to intercept oral communication and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor, local television station WAVY-TV reported.
‘I was mortified,’ she told the television station. ‘The next thing I know I’m a felon. Felony charges and a misdemeanor when I’m trying to look out for my kid. What do you do?’
Her attorney, Kristin Paulding, said: ‘They aren’t making this about that classroom. There are charges that carry jail time.’
The recorder was found and the child has since been moved to another classroom
However, she added that she did not think the charges would stand up in court.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 18.