An Ohio dad has been arrested for disturbance after calling the police nearly 20 times to complain about his son's homework. He allegedly repeatedly called the child's school as well. According to Detective Sergeant Adam Price from the Oxford Police Department, Adam Sizemore called the police approximately “18 or 19 times” in less than an hour.
"It was disruptive," Price told TODAY.com. “This is a a K-5 school so there is not an abnormal amount of homework." Sizemore left a voicemail for the media company stating that most of the accusations were untrue.
"I'm a single dad of a boy and a girl and I'm just trying to do the best I can and that's all I can do," the dad explained. "People make mistakes." The police report stated that Sizemore “repeatedly” called Kramer Elementary School in Oxford “because his son gets homework which takes away from the time he has with him after school.”
He was initially trying to reach the school's principal, Jason Merz, who was unavailable. After his call was sent to Merz's voicemail, the report says he started repeatedly calling the school.
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"During these conversations, Sizemore cursed at the secretaries while making demands of them," the police report said. A school resource officer spoke to the dad “several times" on the phone before instructing him to stop calling. The resource officer noted that Sizemore's speech was slurred and asked if he was intoxicated, to which the dad responded he was "high."
The officer stated in the police report that "Sizemore continued to curse at me and call me names, such as '[expletive].' He also told me he was going to make sure I lost my job. I explained to Sizemore if [he] called again, I would file a Telecommunication Harassment charge on him. I ended up hanging up on him. Sizemore called right back with the same behavior he was warned about."
Two police officers went out to the dad's home, but he didn't answer. One of the officers went to the school, only to find that Sizemore was still repeatedly calling. He eventually was able to speak to Merz, saying that he didn't want his son to have homework. Once he started cursing at the principal, Merz ended the call.
On March 1, 2024, the dad again repeatedly called the school. The principal told police that Sizemore left a voicemail saying, “I hoped that you [Merz] put on your big boy britches on today and have a conversation like a big boy.” He voiced concern that the dad would come up to the school.
That same day, Sizemore then made nearly 20 calls to the police. "This is Adam Sizemore," he said in a voicemail left at the station. "You've got a little bit of an a– chewing coming because of your employees — the ones I pay for." He continued calling in efforts of reaching the chief. Not long after, he was arrested outside of his home.
If found guilty, Sizemore faces a maximum fine of $1,000 and up to six months in jail for each count of telecommunications harassment. For the menacing charge, he faces a $250 fine and up to 30 days in jail. "Waste of resources, one person commented, with another chiming in, "His poor son will be so embarrassed."
