Mr. Ballin

And then after she hung up, she told Candace and Brandon to go get their backpacks and go outside so they didn't miss the bus.

A few minutes later, Bonnie heard a knock on the front door and she opened it up to find two sheriff's deputies standing on the doorstep.

She actually recognized the deputies and she knew they also recognized her because this was not the first time they'd been called to the Sanborn house.

They'd been there several times actually recently to deal with domestic issues largely caused by her son.

But Bonnie knew, you know, Bradley, even though he was the obvious main problem, at least in terms of her current issues,

She was already seeing that her 13-year-old child, Candace, had begun acting out a lot lately.

And she was also worried what would happen when her 10-year-old, Brandon, became a teenager himself.

Like, would he begin following the footsteps of his brother and maybe his older sister as well?

She didn't know, but she just couldn't understand why her kids just were misbehaving so much.

Like, what did she do wrong?

And so Bonnie showed the deputies to Bradley's room, where he and Jason were still actively trying to pry open this payphone.

And when Bradley looked up and saw the police, he looked furious.

He screamed at his mother that he couldn't believe she'd called the cops on him.

But Bonnie, she did her best to push down the natural bit of guilt she was feeling because she didn't want to have to call the cops on her son.

The deputies ultimately handcuffed both Bradley and Jason and they walked them outside and Bonnie trailed right behind them.

And then as the police were putting the kids in the back of the squad car, Bonnie pulled one of the deputies aside and asked if he could make sure Bradley spent at least one night in the juvenile detention center.

She knew this was a very tough love sort of approach.

I mean, basically demanding your kid stays effectively in jail overnight.

But she was also hoping that in addition to being maybe scared straight here, he would also get counseling in the juvenile detention center and maybe begin to see the value of staying out of trouble.

The deputy nodded and said he'd see what he could do.