A Georgia mother is standing her ground after being arrested on child endangerment charges stemming from her 10-year-old son’s unsupervised walk into a nearby town.
Brittany Patterson, 41, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia, was detained by the Fannin County Sheriff’s Department on October 30 when her son, Soren, left their home and walked less than a mile to town without adult supervision.
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According to reports from NBC News, the incident began when the sheriff’s department contacted Patterson to inform her that her son was spotted alone in Mineral Bluff, a small community near the North Carolina border.
Despite the unexpected call, Patterson wasn’t alarmed about her son’s safety, given the nature of the rural area.
“It’s not a super dangerous or even dangerous-at-all stretch of road,” Patterson explained. “I wasn’t terrified for him or scared for his safety.” The road from their home to the town is a familiar, low-traffic route, making her feel comfortable with her son walking it alone.
The situation escalated when deputies escorted Soren back home, only to return hours later to arrest