Police Called About 12-Year-Old Mowing Grass, Which Ends Up Getting Him More Business
CLEVELAND (WEWS) -- A boy is running his own business this summer cutting lawns and cleaning up yards.
Reginald Fields, 12, is the owner of Mr. Reggie's Lawn Cutting Service in Maple Heights, which is near Cleveland, Ohio. Reggie, his cousins, and siblings are up with the sun every day working in the neighborhood.
And that's what they were doing when someone called police on them.
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"They said I was cutting their grass. I didn't know it!" Reggie said.
His customer, Lucille Holt, said she was confused when she saw police, but quickly learned neighbors called to complain that the group cut a section of their property (about a foot where the two properties butt together) and were in their yard.
"They said the kids cut their grass," Holt explained.
Reggie Fields said the police said nothing to him and the kids. He finished the job and felt a little discouraged.
"I was like, that's a shame. I didn't know," Reggie said.
But that didn't last long.
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Holt created a Facebook post about what happened and the post got with thousands of views and hundreds of shares.
"I guess I have a line where part of it is now my yard. They called the police to tell the police that the kids was cutting they grass," Holt said in the video.
Now, Mr. Reggie is getting a lot of support for his new business from people who see the video and want to make sure he's never discouraged again.
"People are inboxing me like, 'how can I get in touch with this children? Where are they at? I got property I want these kids to cut,'" Holt said.
Reggie and his crew are getting calls from all over the city. He said he's trying to save the money he earns to buy new equipment and grow his business.
"Just give me a call. I will be there. On time!" He said.
As for the neighbor who called the police, they called WEWS-TV to say they saw the Facebook video but didn't want to go on camera.
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