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Nancy M asked in Family & RelationshipsFamily · 1 decade ago

Turning Someone in for Selling Food Stamps?

I have a son who is 37 and does nothing but smoke weed and drinks all the time. He works and makes good money. He went to prison in 2003 because he was on crack. He got out and was living with my youngest son who is married. My son threw him out of his home because he got back on crack. He moved in with me because he had no where else to live. He was still drinking. He did finally get a place to live. He ended up seeing a woman who was married and has two children. She is finally divorced but she needs to get out of his life for good. She and my son started doing their weed and drinking all the time. The woman stays at my son's home every weekend. They smoke pot in front of the two little girls and she also drinks and drives. I also know that she has the little ones in her car and they are not always fastened in their car seats. She was in a wreck 2 years ago and she was drunk. Her mother had her children. She came to my home to call her mother but didn't tell that she was drunk. A few days later she shows up again with a nice car that her mom bought her. The woman gets food stamps and is selling them. She calls my husband and wants him to buy the food stamps from her. I won't buy them. She is selling them for drugs and alcohol. I also called D.F.C.S. on her last month to turn her in. I had talked to a woman who gave me an 800 number. I almost didn't do that. One of my friends had called me long distance and I had let her know what is going on with my son. She had let me know that she would have already turned the woman in. I don't know what happened to my son but I'm not giving up until she is gone. He also had asked his step-dad for help in getting rid of the woman. If he won't help then it is up to me to do it. How long does an investigation last until the woman is caught? I called the 800 no. on Nov. 25. My son also does not pay his rent and is getting evicted from his home. How long does an investigation take before something is done? Sorry if this is so long. This has really been hard on me.

Update:

I do not allow my son to use his drugs in my home and he does not live with me. Yes, I do know that the woman is selling her food stamps. I know someone who she wants to sell them to.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Turn her *** in..........don't hesitate or give up, you keep on researching different avenues.......because what she is doing is wrong, their are starving kids out their who need to be fed, and she is selling food stamps.. I am soooo pissed about this...Damn B%#&H

  • 1 decade ago

    Your son has been on drugs for years and been to prison for it and started again as soon as he got out. He got a girlfriend who is also on drugs and they both endanger the children.

    And all you are concerned about is getting the girlfriend busted for food stamp fraud, you think that will make her leave your son.

    What about your son? Have you reported him for his drug use? When he was using in your house, you didn't call the police?

    You know they have drugs in the house, call the cops and get them both arrested and maybe the little girls will have a better life.

    I don't understand you.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    We don't have food stamps anymore. Everything is on a card that looks like a credit card.

    To answer your one question... no you don't add to these people's problems by turning her in. You are not the food stamp police. I find it hard to believe you are a mother of a former incarcerated son. You know what the courts are like and prison is like.

    To add my two cents... never let illegal drugs in your house (you can go to prison and should know this). Watch her children or arrange for her mom too, so they are out of harms way. (amazing the ex husband does not have the children)

    There is little you can do for your son or the woman of his dreams to change but you don't have to allow them to conduct themselves like low lifes in your own home.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'd call your local social services but make sure that your info is correct. I was under the impression that they no longer used stamps, the program did away with them almost 10 years ago in favor of a card that looks like a debit or credit card so that they couldn't sell and misuse them like that any more.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Call again. Call local, too. And hey, good luck with your son. Love is unconditional, but enabling is NOT love.

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