Mother Arrested for Attempting to Record Her Daughter's Bully

Sarah Sims says she placed a recording device in her nine-year-old daughter's backpack to catch bullying that had gone unaddressed by teachers or administrators.

Sims says no one at Ocean View Elementary School in Norfolk, Virginia returned her calls or emails about what was happening to her daughter, so she decided to collect her over evidence.

A teacher discovered the recorder, and now Sims has been charged with use of a device to intercept oral communication, which carries a maximum five-year prison sentence, and a misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

“I tried to be fair, but it’s not fair,” she told WAVY. “There is nothing fair about this.

“The thing that bothers me the most is that I am yet to get a response from anyone in the administration.

“If I’m not getting an answer from you what am I left to do?”

Watch her story below.