This is a woman in need of some serious help. Heather Hodges didn't get along with her boyfriend's 13-year-old son and
"wanted to teach him a lesson":
So she took her boyfriend’s 9-millimeter Smith and Wesson handgun, replaced the child’s cologne and deodorant in his backpack, and then called Magnolia Junior High School from a nearby payphone to report him by name.
The poor kid was placed in a juvenile detention facility while school officials asked for an investigator from the Sheriff's office:
Retired MCSO investigator Mike Price said this was an important move, because of his experience as an interrogator, since it took multiple interviews to get Hodges to open up about what happened and her motives.
“It was very unusual,” Price said. “Initially, we wanted to know what was (McKeegan’s) intent with the pistol. Did he bring it to school to harm someone, or just to show to his friends? He kept insisting that he knew he brought a gun to school, but he didn’t realize it until the principal found the gun in his backpack. He was insistent.
“He was so consistent with his story and he came across so sincere, not just emotionally, but how he just stayed with his story and would not waver from it, that my position was that there’s something to this. I was the lone wolf at that point.”
A judge decided to teach Heather Hodges a lesson, sentencing her to 3-years in prison. Thankfully the boy now lives with his mother in another state.