Charges Dropped Against Virginia Mom

Virginia Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped they dropped all charges against a mother who was accused of illegally recording audio from her daughter's classroom. All she wanted to do was confirm that her daughter was being bullied. Sarah Sims, 47, of Norfolk was initially charged with intercepting wire, electronic or oral communications, which is a felony. She was also charged with a misdemeanor after her daughter's elementary school told police it confiscated a digital audio recorder in the girl's desk in September.

Sims, was facing up to five years in prison if she had been convicted of the felony, but the prosecutor decided to drop the charges after reviewing facts and the circumstances, thankfully.  

On Monday, Sims told CNN's Don Lemon that she sent her daughter, a fourth-grader, to school with a digital audio recorder in her backpack in September, hoping to capture audio from class, because the girl had complained she was being bullied.

 

Before the sent the recorder, Sims said, she reached out to administrators at Ocean View Elementary School to talk about the girl's complaints.

 

Sims, who herself is a student at Virginia's Norfolk State University, said she received no response, so she decided to investigate on her own.

 

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Like everyone else, I feel there's not enough being done about bullying. How about camera's being installed in classroom's, and some type of educational class about bullying? When it comes down to bullying the parents should definitely be held accountable, and meetings should be taken more seriously.