Mr. Ballin

And then before she could react to that, Jason, so her son's friend, he looked over his shoulder at her also very nonchalantly and just began laughing in a way that made Bonnie wonder if he was high on something.

At this point, Bonnie just stepped back into the hallway and just tried to think through what she should even do here.

I mean, this is so obvious that they're committing a crime in her house right now.

Like, what in the world?

But at the same time, you know, she'd been having problems with her son Bradley for a long time now.

You know, this was definitely not the first time she had caught her son, you know, doing something bad.

Her son had been known to throw parties in their house that he definitely was not supposed to.

He would pick fights with basically everybody in the house, all the family members.

And on top of that, she also knew that periodically he would hang out with known gang members.

Now, for a while, Bonnie had tried to be understanding and supportive because she remembered how hard it was to be a teenager herself.

But her son's trouble really just kept escalating.

And this, this payphone thing, was like a breaking point.

She knew she could not let something like this slide.

I mean, it was literally criminal, and so obviously so.

You know, and if she didn't step in now, it was clear her son would just continue to push the limits further and further until he got hurt or got somebody else hurt or, you know, wound up in jail or something.

Like, this was the moment she had to put her foot down.

And so, without saying another word to her son or Jason, who were now back to banging on this metal box, she just turned and walked back into the kitchen where her other kids, Brandon and Candace, were now eating their breakfast and looking annoyed by all the chaos being caused by their older brother.

And she walked right past them, picked up the phone, and she called 911.

And when the dispatcher picked up her call, Bonnie said she wanted to report a theft.

and she gave the dispatcher her own address.