Elderly woman arrested for petty theft – neighbor kids football was in her yard
An elderly woman faces charges in a dispute with a neighbor over a football.
She took a teenager’s ball that was in her yard and wouldn’t give it back. Now 89 year-old Edna Jester is facing charges.
According to reports I’ve read, her neighbors have five children. The kids seem to have a difficult time understanding where they should and should not play.
The ball wound up in the yard of the old lady and she kept it.
I thought possession was 90% of the law?
Kelly Tanis aka brat mama, said Jester has taken balls from her children before. So she called the police.
“This time it was a ball that my son had just bought with his own money. He works and he makes his own money, and he bought that ball ,and six days later she took it.”
Frankly I would not give a rats ass if he worked a year to get the ball and if it were signed by Joe Nameth, they had NO business playing with the ball in a manner that would allow it to cross property lines.
I think the arrest of granny for such a petty complaint could yield argument that our law enforcement has far too much time on their hands and perhaps to save on those state/local budgets, a cutback would be advised. Don’t you think?
For God’s sake, leave granny alone!
Hat Tip: Eliza
They better leave gangsta granny alone!
Shame on the neighbor for calling the police.
Actually, take another look at the article. I hate the way the media misleads us like this. Granny was not arrested for taking the football, she was arrested for not complying with police. Granted, the police were called because she took the football, which is overkill.
I couldn’t believe it when my husband told me about this story this morning. And we wonder why kids today have this inflated sense of entitlement. When they don’t follow the rules (by trespassing on others property) they don’t face any consequences. Instead they get to call the cops and have old ladies arrested. Great message for a teenager. How about telling him, “Too bad. You should have gone to the park or kept the ball in the yard.” Plus it was a ball. How expensive could it be?
I can not believe people these days! I am not on this granny’s side at all. This kid was playing a football that he worked hard to pay for. Yes the ball is not expensive, but to a kid it is an accomplishment. I work with kids everyday and the only reason a kid may feel an inflated sense of entitlement is if they are given that entitlement by learning from home that it is theirs to have. TRESPASSING are you kidding me! The ball went in her yard. At least the kid was playing football and not doing something that would actually hurt someone or destroy property. If I was her (granny) I would look at that as a safe neighborhood and be thankful that it was just a ball that went in her yard and not someone trying to be harming to her or others. What is the world coming to when our kids can’t play outside because of something like a mean old lady taking things away from them. Give the kid his ball back!!!!
Thank you Kayla! I thought I was the only one not jumping to conclusions and rushing to the old woman’s defense just because she’s old! The family said the boy appologized immediately, that they’ve told their kids to try to avoid her… but elderly means “can do no wrong and are always innocent.” Seriously, are kids not allowed to play outside any more for fear the ball may accidently go to far and end up in crazy old lady’s yard? Absurd….
How sweet of the boy to apologize after the hundredth time! If he (SUPPOSEDLY) apologized then he knew he was in the wrong. It’s not his property, nor his parents property. It’s MRS. JESTER’S property. When a person says “no” or in this case, “no more”, then that’s what they mean. Since the Tanis family obviously does not know the meaning of “no” then maybe a lawsuit will teach them. If you are one that doesn’t care about objects flying in your yard or neighbor kids using your property as their personal playground, then good for you. But don’t attack this poor lady because she doesn’t want it happening. The Tanis’s disrespecting Mrs. Jester and her property for several years….now that’s absurd!
I have these neighbors that just moved in about 2 months ago. They have three kids, all teenagers. The kids have dirty mouths and they are disrespectful. I have a 7 year old and a 3 year old, and I don’t want them exposed to this. They come up to my house as soon as they wake up and don’t leave until about 9:00 at night. They pick on my 3 year old and take away her toys. They fight constantly with each other and with my kids. Everytime they fight with each other, I tell them to go and tell their mom what is going on, when they run to tell me; and everytime I get the response “I’ll tell her when she gets out of bed” Sometimes this is at 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. It’s like she sends them to my house as soon as they get up, so that I can take care of them, while she sleeps all day. And I don’t even know these people. When I leave my house to go to town or something, when I get back they are at my house. They take my kids toys down to their house and they don’t bring them back. I’m not talking about little cheap toys, I’m talking about bicycles, wagons, ect.. They leave trash laying all over my yard and they will not pick it up. They leave coke cans everywhere, chip and candy wrappers, cups, silverware, and bowls. When they want something they come and knock on my door, not go to their own house. So, I thought I just will not answer my door. When I don’t answer my door, they’ll keep knocking and when that don’t work, they call my phone and let in ring and ring until I do answer it. I don’t know what to do. What would you do in this situation? What would be the proper way of dealing with this? I feel that it has went on for to long and now I am angry about it.