Grandmother, 32, faces fake AMBER Alert charge

Muskegon Chronicle ^ | 11-11-05 | Lisa Medendorp

[Dan from Michigan]

Grandmother, 32, faces fake AMBER Alert charge Friday, November 11, 2005

A 32-year-old Muskegon Township woman has been charged with a misdemeanor after her report of a missing baby and teenage mother -- which resulted in an AMBER Alert Tuesday night -- was proven to be false, authorities say.

Christina Faith Petrongelli, of 2535 Friendship Lane, may have been afraid state welfare inspectors were going to take her granddaughter away because of recurring care problems, authorities said.

She was arraigned Wednesday before 60th District Judge Andrew Wierengo III and is free on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond. Technically, the charge is "making a false report of the commission of a misdemeanor -- interference with a (Family) Court custody order."

[Dan from Michigan]

A Grandmother at 32???

[SIDENET]

Way to go there, Granny.

[Tax-chick]

16 + 16

[Senator Pardek]

I never went to a pro football game until I was 32 - I have not been living!

[H. Paul Pressler IV]

A new generation Every 16 Years!

[mathluv]

15-16 year old kids having kids, then kids having kids. My ex's oldest sis was a grandmother at 32.

[SIDENET]

A new generation Every 16 Years!

She'll be a great-grandmother at 48!

[H. Paul Pressler IV]

I was not even a father at 32.

[L98Fiero]

The apple evidently doesn't fall far from the tree.

[MinuteGal]

Just think, if the 7th kid in the line lives to be 96, they can have a family portrait with baby, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, great-great-great grandmother and great-great-great-great grandmother.

All on welfare, no fathers, of course...... just your all-around great American family in the greatest nation on this great planet Earth.

Leni

[ncountylee]

Assuming none are in prison.

[mombonn]

I wasn't a MOTHER until I was 32!

[metmom]

33 here.

[metmom]

Sounds like the last town we lived in. I had to double check to make sure it wasn't.

[thoughtomator]

You mean, assuming they don't all get assigned to the same prison.

[OpusatFR]

32! Sheesh. I was just getting in high gear at 32.

[pageonetoo]

...may have been afraid state welfare inspectors were going to take her granddaughter away

Definition: welfare check in danger of being reduced.

[SlowBoat407]

The apple evidently doesn't fall far from the tree.

But it does fall quickly.

[SauronOfMordor]

Definition: welfare check in danger of being reduced.

Or eliminated. An able-bodied woman with no young children to care for can be sent to McDonalds