Police Say Mom Ordered Daughters Out, Drove Off

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Source: Associated Press

Police say mom ordered daughters out, drove off

By JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press Writer – Wed Apr 22, 12:23 am ET

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Usually, it's an empty threat: "If you kids don't stop fighting, I'm going to stop this car right now and leave you here!" But a mother from an upper-crust New York suburb went through with it, ordering her battling 10- and 12-year-old daughters out of her car in White Plains' business district and driving off, police said Tuesday. Madlyn Primoff, 45, a partner in a Manhattan law firm, pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of endangering a child. A temporary order of protection was issued, barring her from contact with the children, who were physically unharmed.

Primoff's lawyer, Vincent Briccetti, would not comment Tuesday on details of the case. But he said, "Madlyn is a great mother connected with a great family, and she is grateful for the outpouring of support from friends and family."

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White Plains police said Primoff ordered the arguing girls out of the car Sunday evening as they were driving home. She left them at Post Road and South Broadway, an area of shops and offices 3 miles from their home, then drove off, the police report said. The report does not say whether the girls had cell phones.

Police would not say if Primoff ever returned to look for the girls, but they said, without explaining how, that the 12-year-old eventually caught up with the mother. The 10-year-old was found by a "Good Samaritan" on the street, upset and emotional about losing her mother, police said. The girl gave police her mother's name and their address in well-to-do Scarsdale, and they asked Scarsdale police to check Primoff's $2 million house. Shortly afterward, Primoff called Scarsdale police from home to say the 10-year-old was missing, said Scarsdale Detective Lt. Bryant Clark.

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[Rebubula]

1. Different time and place

In 1976, my mom was fed up with my antics (she was ready to leave and I was not)at a playground in Rome, Georgia (one of the finest towns in the South) and drove off without me.

I watched her drive away and immediately began bawling. Of course, she returned about three minutes later and we went home.

I learned a lesson - not sure what - but I never argued again when my mom said it was time to leave.

However, this woman was rather dumb....she should have never let the 10 year old out of her sight - pull around the corner and wait for a minute or two would have been fine. I am guessing that she went back, the kind stranger had already found her daughter and took her to the police (thank goodness it was a nice person..) and she (the mother) freaked out, called the cops and reported her kid missing.


On a side note...I am not sure why the reported felt the need to point out the families finances in the article. If nothing else, anyone in that area would have already known the family was rich simply by the town (Scarsdale) where they lived.

[rfranklin]

2. It was a bit of editorializing...but

that happens in virtually every publication. You can bet though that most of the people in Scarsdale look down their noses at those not so privileged and deny that episodes like this happen in their neighborhood.

[WriteDown]

3. That's exactly what I was thinking nt.

[RedCloud]

4. Time to go after the kids!

We live in an extreme anti-parent bashing regime.

What rights do those kids have to fight while a motor vehicle is being driven? They are distracting a law abiding driver and recklessly endangering everyone inside with their no stop antics.

Juvenile detention for them, I say. Send the message loud and clear, that kids you cannot compete to annoy your parents and be the worst brats of the century.

Kids should not be allowed to make their parents desperate. I have dealt with many young adults and one of the things that the most sadistic say is how much they enjoyed angering their parents. It was like a game to them. Another delighted in reporting her parents to anybody in authority. Check out her defense for her actions:

"If they are gullible enough to believe me, I am going to keep saying it!"

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. I remember a happy family outing to Disney World when I was 17...

My parents argued most of the 2 hour trip to the park. At one point my father started hitting my mom while he was driving, making the car swerve around on the highway dangerously. My little sister, who was about 10 was even more terrified than I was.

I can't remember whether my mom told my dad to pull over and let her out, or whether he ordered her out of the car. But she got out on the side of the road and he drove off like a maniac with the two of us dumbfounded in the back seat. My poor kid sister was a mess until he turned around and drove back to pick Mom up again. It was only a few minutes that she was out of the car; but it felt like ages.

Too bad we couldn't have kicked them out.

[mackerel]

6. My eldest was screaming and yelling at me in the car a couple

of weeks ago. I pulled over and parked. I got out of the car, took my keys and locked the doors and went for a ten minute walk. I came back to a very quiet daughter. I cautioned her to let me drive in silence or I would just keep pulling over and taking 10 minute walks.