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The police in this municipality received a call at 3:45 p.m. yesterday afternoon. A woman shouted at the sergeant who answered the telephone. She said: "My son's been beaten. His teacher whipped him this afternoon, and he's all red where she paddled him. Can teachers do that? That's assault and battery, and I want her arrested." Two police officers were sent to the home. They questioned the boy, who is 9 years old. At his mother's insistence, the police officers also inspected the boy's reported injuries. They reported: "We couldn't tell that the boy had been paddled. His fanny didn't look red to us, but we did notice that his pants legs were wet and muddy. As we talked, it became obvious that the boy was lying. He finally admitted that he had stopped to play on the way home from school, forgot the time, and got home late. He told his mother that the teacher had spanked him and kept him after school. His mother was there with us and heard the whole story. She said she'd take of the situation, and we're quite certain that she will, as she was very embarrassed. In fact, we could hear her giving the kid a real paddling as we left—and a hard one."

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At around 3:45 p.m. today, the station received a call from a woman in hysterics claiming her son had been beaten. She was immediately asked to come to the station with her son so that the police may lead a proper investigation. After questioning and examining the boy and mother the cops were a bit confused. The boy did look a mess, with the mud stains all over his khakis and school shirt, however there was no trace of a beating or bruise anywhere on his skin. When the information was revealed, the kid admitted to lying and explained that he stayed late after school to play in the playground and had used the beating from his teacher as a cover story. Needless to say, the mother handled her son accordingly even if we weren’t able to completely agree with it.

Lead Description: This lead is descriptive. The lead features an incident and how it unfolds as a process in time.