11-Year-Old Boy Played in His Yard. CPS Took Him, Felony Charge for Parents.
One afternoon this past April, a Florida mom and dad I’ll call Cindy and Fred could not get home in time to let their 11-year-old son into the house. The boy didn’t have a key, so he played basketball in the yard. He was alone for 90 minutes. A neighbor called the cops, and when the parents arrivedâhaving been delayed by traffic and rainâthey were arrested for negligence.
They were put in handcuffs, strip searched, fingerprinted, and held overnight in jail.
It would be a month before their sonsâthe 11-year-old and his 4-year-old brotherâwere allowed home again. Only after the eldest spoke up and begged a judge to give him back to his parents did the situation improve.
Credit to:  http://reason.com/blog/2015/06/11/11-year-old-boy-played-in-his-yard-cps-t (Please visit for full article)