Halo
3 Player Punches Mother After Video Game is Taken Away
in Indian River County
By
Henry A. Stephens
Published October 31, 2007
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Putting a television in the bedroom makes children emotionally
blunted, a large new study shoA juvenile fan of the video game
Halo 3 is accused of punching his mother after she forced him to
end his game Sunday night and fighting with sheriff’s deputies
as they tried to restrain him, according to reports released Wednesday.
Indian River
County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Harnage reported
responding to the family’s home at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday
in reference to an “out-of-control child.”
The parents
told deputies their son was playing Halo 3, and it was getting
late and he needed to shut it off. When the son
refused to turn off the game, the parents reportedly took the
air card out of his machine so he couldn’t play anymore.
Reports show
the son became enraged, went through the house looking for
the air card, and then punched his mother, prompting
the parents to call the Sheriff’s Office.
After the boy retreated to his bedroom and locked it, the mother
knocked on the door and told him he needed to come out and talk
to the deputies, the report stated. But the juvenile allegedly
responded with profanity.
Harnage and another deputy entered the room using a key from
the parents to arrest the son, according to the report. The son
fought the deputies - at one time punching Harnage on the lip
- until they handcuffed him.
He was later turned over to state juvenile authorities on charges
of battery-domestic violence and battery on a law-enforcement
officer.
The son’s and parents’ names are being withheld
because of the juvenile’s age.
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