Jeremy had gotten into a serious fight.
The other boys father showed up to inform Michelle that his son was in the
hospital with a serious eye injury and it would be some time before they
would know if he would regain his sight. Michelle had not received the
same story from her son, and given Jeremy's history she questioned her
other children, who confirmed what the youth's father had reported. The
following morning, Michelle went to the Rutland Sheriff's Department
where she filled a C.H.I.N.S., Report, Children In Need of Supervision. Not
knowing just what to do, and feeling her son was totally out of control now,
Michelle had not had much faith with SRS but having tried all other
options they were now a last resort. She wanted to believe and have hope
that SRS would be able to protect her son from harming himself and
others. Jeremy spent five days at Woodside Juvenile Detention Facility.
Michelle agreed to take her son back only if SRS could assure support in
caring for Jeremy. This would mean assigning a case worker who would
have contact with Michelle on a daily basis, and help Michelle enforce
house rules with her son. During the six weeks that Jeremy resided with
his mother, no one from SRS called or returned phone calls to Michell
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