In East Brunswick, New Jersey, a mother's decision to shield her teenage son from a custody visit quietly crossed into the territory of obstruction — setting in motion a missing persons investigation that consumed police resources, entered federal databases, and ultimately ended with officers finding the boy unharmed in a crawl space beneath her home. Jennifer Buckley now faces a charge of obstructing the administration of law, a reminder that the space between a parent's protective instinct and a deliberate deception of authorities is not merely moral but legal. The case asks a question famil
New Jersey mother charged with obstruction after son found hiding in home's crawl space
A 17-year-old juvenile was concealed in a crawl space for an extended period, though authorities confirmed he was not physically harmed.