An Ohio single dad, Adam Sizemore, was arrested after repeatedly calling his child’s school to complain about his son’s homework.
Sizemore, from Ohio, was charged with telecommunications harassment and menacing for calling the school multiple times, even directing his complaints towards the police department when the school stopped taking his calls. His behavior escalated to the point where he made threatening remarks, causing concern for potential violence. This led to his arrest by the Oxford Police Department.
Detective Sergeant Adam Price of the Oxford Police Department tells TODAY that Adam Sizemore called the police approximately “18 or 19 times” in less than an hour.
When questioned about his behaviour, Sizemore says: “I’m a single dad of a boy and a girl and I’m just trying to do the best I can and that’s all I can do, People make mistakes.”
According to a police report sent to TODAY by the Oxford Police Department, on Feb. 29, Adam Sizemore “repeatedly” called Kramer Elementary School in Oxford because he thinks his son gets a lot of homework which takes away from the time he has with him after school.
After trying to severally to reach Principal Jason Merz, who was unavailable, according to the police report. Sizemore was transferred to Merz’s voicemail, the report says he started calling the school repeatedly.
On March 1, Sizemore resumed calling Kramer Elementary School, according to the police report. Principal Merz told police that Sizemore said in a voicemail: “I hoped that you (Merz) put on your big boy britches on today and have a conversation like a big boy.” Merz told police that he was concerned that Sizemore would come to the school.
That day, Sizemore placed approximately 18 or 19 calls to the Oxford Police Station, Price tells TODAY.
He was later placed under arrest under arrest outside his home by the Oxford Police Department, and charged with two counts of telecommunications harassment (a first-degree misdemeanor) and one count of menacing (a fourth-degree misdemeanor)
According to Price, if Sizemore is found guilty, he faces a maximum $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail for each count of telecommunications harassment; for the menacing charge, Sizemore faces a $250 fine and up to 30 days in jail.