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Mum calls police over son's GTA playing

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Tuesday 22 December 2009 13:20 GMT
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Police say a frustrated Boston woman called police to say she couldn't get her 14-year-old son to stop playing video games and go to sleep.

Police spokesman Officer Joe Zanoli said the mother called for help around 2:30 a.m. local time Saturday to say that the teenager also walked around the house and turned on all the lights.

Two officers who responded to the house persuaded the child to obey his mother.

Zanoli says the mother's police call over video game obsession "was a little unusual, but by no means is it surprising — especially in today's day and age when these kids play video games and computer games."

The Boston Herald first reported the police call, saying the boy was playing the popular Grand Theft Auto game.

Source: New Zealand Herald

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