Mom, son mark birthday with robbery spree

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Milwaukee-area police say they arrested a woman who used the occasion of her teenage son's birthday visit to go out and rob two gas stations.

The 37-year-old woman and her 17-year-old son from Chicago were in jail Wednesday after being arrested overnight by Greenfield, Wis., police following a holdup Tuesday evening.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said the boy was in town for his mom's birthday party and allegedly held up two gas stations while she acted as the getaway driver.

Police added that the woman's other two sons -- ages 10 and 14 – were aware of the capers and were turned over to child welfare officials along with their 13-month-old sister.