Mom puts recorder in child’s backpack to catch bullying, now faces felony charge | WISH-TV

Mom puts recorder in child’s backpack to catch bullying, now faces felony charge | WISH-TV
"NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The mother of a Norfolk student turned to television station WAVY after she was charged by police.
“I tried to be fair, but it’s not fair,” Sarah Sims said.

“There is nothing fair about this.”
In late September, Sims said she had enough.
She said her 9-year-old daughter was getting bullied at Ocean View Elementary.

She said repeated calls and emails to the school went unreturned.
“The thing that bothers me the most is that I am yet to get a response from anyone in the administration,” Sims added.
Sims says she took actions into her own hands. 
She wanted to prove that nothing was being done to help her fourth-grade daughter. 
She put a digital recorder into her daughter’s backpack in hopes of catching audio from inside the classroom.
...Sims was charged with felony use of device to intercept oral communication and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The felony charge could carry five years in prison.
“Instead of comforting her she’s going to a magistrate and being handcuffed,” Paulding added..."