St. Lucie mom arrested, kicked out sons aged 9 and 13, police said | Video

St. Lucie mom arrested, kicked out sons aged 9 and 13, police said | Video

By Elliott Jones
Posted January 25, 2012 at 8:44 a.m.




ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Jayme Beall says her 9-year-old son's cursing at her set her off, according to a sheriff's arrest report.

The 30-year-old woman ordered her 9- and 13-year-old sons out of their home at 7 p.m. Monday and give them backpacks she stuffed with clothing.

Unknown to her, they somehow fled to their great grandmother's house in Boynton Beach.

When Beal went outside, she couldn't find the boys and called 911, 20 minutes after telling them to leave their home in the Pineview Mobile Home Park in the 3200 block of South U.S. 1.

The Sheriff's Office brought in search dogs and air surveillance. Neither youth could be found in the neighborhood or adjoining woods.

Investigators quoted her as saying she had no idea where they went because she has no relatives in the area. Until recently they had lived in Port St. Lucie, where her older son had tried to run away.

She described the middle school student as having a history of acting violently toward her.

Five hours after the 911 call, investigators found the boys in Boynton Beach. Deputies charged her with a felony charge of child abuse and took her to the St. Lucie County Jail.