MATTHEWS, NC (WBTV) - Two parents are facing **** charges after their ***** took their ***** to school and told a school officer his parents were breaking the law.
WBTV is not releasing the names of the parents or the name of the school to protect the *****'s identity.
The 11-year-old student is in 5th grade at a an elementary school in Matthews. Police say he brought his parents' ********* cigarettes to school when he reported them.
Matthews Police say he reported his parents after a lesson about ********* was delivered by a police officer who is part of the D.A.R.E. program, which teaches **** about the dangers of *****, *******, and tobacco.
"Even if it's happening in their own home with their own parents, they understand that's a dangerous situation because of what we're teaching them," said Matthews Officer Stason Tyrrell. That's what they're told to do, to make us aware."
