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A mom of her word

Published 05/29/08

The wheels of justice often turn quite slowly, but not in the case of Thomas Grimes of Annapolis.

Theresa Winslow - For The Capital Mary Jane Grimes holds up the ad for her son's Ford Explorer taht ran in The Capital.  She sold the car, which she bought for him in 2006, after he was stopped for driving while intoxicated.
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They don't turn at all anymore - because his mother got rid of his SUV after he was stopped by police for driving while intoxicated.

The 2002 Ford Explorer his mother, Mary Jane Grimes, bought for him 2½ years ago was sold after she ran an ad in The Capital that read in part: "Son turns 21. Son gets DWI. Mom sells."

Ms. Grimes said she warned her son that if he ever was caught drinking and driving she'd take his car away, and she wasn't kidding. She never wavered from that position,...

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