A Wisconsin mom is out on bail after being arrested by police for kicking her 12-year-old son out of her car and making him walk almost two miles along a busy highway.
Flor Escalante was charged with felony child abandonment and a misdemeanor charge of neglecting a child on Nov. 7. She was arrested at a Sylvan Learning Center where she originally intended to bring her son before the two had an argument on the ride over. The fight, which was over the boy’s grades, ended when Escalante pulled the car over onto the shoulder of the I-94 highway, forced her son to get out of the car, and walk the rest of the way to the tutoring center.
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Milwaukee Fox affiliate WITI reported on police scanner audio that described several calls from motorists about “a 10- or 12-year-old on the shoulder crying,” and “He doesn’t know his mom or dad’s name. We’re going to be setting up a post.” By the time police reached the boy, it was dark outside with rush hour traffic. The temperature had also dropped to about 50 degrees; the boy was also not dressed for the weather and did not have a phone to call for help.