Mom willing to be arrested for abandoning ‘dangerous’ son

Virginia mother Kimberlyn Williams feels unsafe in her own home because of her 12-year-old son.

“I am his mother and I do love him, but he’s dangerous,” Williams of Williamsburg, Virginia, told WTKR.

She says he’s so dangerous that she is prepared to face jail time to keep him out of the house, to not only protect herself, but her two younger children.

“I have been hit, bit, kicked,” she said. “He has threatened to stab children at school, to kill them. He has these outbursts.”

She said her son is now at Riverside Behavioral Health Center in Hampton. He was put there after Williams called police last week because of what she says she witnessed between her son and 4-year-old daughter.

“When I went in, I found him exposing himself to her and trying to coerce her to touch him,” Williams said.

Williams said that was the final straw after years of violent and inappropriate behavior, and years of trying to get him the help he needs.

“It’s not a case of us not trying to get him help,” she said. “This is not an isolated incident. It’s been a gauntlet of doctors and medications and diagnoses.”

Her son is set to be released Thursday, but Williams does not want to bring him home.

“If I do not show up to get him, I will face criminal charges or child abandonment,” she said.

Williams says Child Protective Services told her if she refuses to take him, her son would be placed in a 24-hour supervision residential facility — something she’s wanted all along. She says it would take police arresting her to get her wish.

“I want something to get done,” Williams said. “I don’t want it to be you take this one and you risk your other children’s health and safety or you go to jail. There has to be a better way.”

To get her son the help he needs, Williams said she’s prepared to face the consequences.

“Nobody want to talk about this,” she said. “It’s something we would certainly consider a private family issue, but along those lines maybe it can help other people.”

Neither James City County Police nor CPS will comment.