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This is a story that has the internet upset–understandably. Police in Greenfield Wisconsin pulled over a Uhaul rental truck and found nine kids riding in the locked compartment in back. Even worse, this is far from the first time this has happened recently.

According to ABC 12 News it was the Milwaukee police who originally raised the alarm. They radioed out an initial report and request to stop the truck from 91st Street and Appleton Avenue. The report worked and the Uhaul didn’t get far.

About 12 minutes drive west of the city center, the Greenfield Police Department stopped the truck near Greenfield, Wisconsin. They caught up with the Uhaul on Highway 11, signaled for it to stop near Beloit Road, and according to witnesses, the Uhaul pulled into the lot at the Rivershire Apartments on the boarder of West Allis.

The police found a yet-to-be-named 31-year-old woman driving. And in back? Nine kids were in the Uhaul. Police originally reported “about ten” in the vehicle, but later amended the number. Police also said no one was hurt. But obviously with no ventilation or seatbelts in the back, the situation was illegal. The Greenfield police are referring child neglect charges to the district attorney.

Why were 9 kids in the back of a Wisconsin Uhaul?

Neither the Wisconsin Police nor ABC 12 have published any type of motive explaining why the suspect was transporting nine children in a Uhaul. But one internet commenter says they know what was going on.

A Facebook group called “Urban Suburban Fire Incident Reporting” shared the original police call and admitted there had been “a lot of inquiries” about what was going on with the kids in the Uhaul. A Facebook user with the name “Tee Twoo” claimed he knew what had happened, “I’ve made the call I was chasing them!!!”

Tee Twoo added, “My daughter was supposed to been in the back.” He went on to explain, “The U-Haul wasn’t stolen. I was staking out my child mother’s house because I have full custody and mother does not want to return hers.” He added, “I seen them getting put in the back of the U-Haul, when they seen me they exceeding speeds around 80mph. I made the call and was chasing them. They were running through lights with the kids in the back.”

Is this story true? Tee Twoo isn’t a ghost account, but he has had a Facebook profile since 2009, reportedly graduating high school in 2014. He never explained where the other 8 children came from. Perhaps he had this incident mixed up wiht a separate one, which only involved his daughter. Or maybe the child’s mother has other kids. Or maybe multiple Wisconsin families were in the same Uhaul. The truth is that we know very little about the incident.

Multiple drivers have gotten in serious trouble for transporting people–including kids–in the back of rental box trucks. Trucks like these have no ventilation or seatbelts in back, so they aren’t safe spaces for passengers.

My colleague Allison Barfield reported on Kentucky police stopping a Uhaul en route to Florida with six passengers in the rear. That driver was charged with seven counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. My colleague Barnell Anderson wrote about seven children in the back of a Uhaul in Missouri driving to New York. Police arrested two men in that incident.

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Henry Cesari

Henry Cesari is a MotorBiscuit Staff Writer who brings his deep interest in vintage cars, trucks, and motorcycles to the site. Henry covers Ford models daily, including the F-150. Having restored his first classic car at just 16 years old, Henry has wrenched on everything from overland campers to Japanese motorcycles and even pre-war Bugattis. He’s an avid attendee at local car shows and genuinely enjoys connecting with fellow auto enthusiasts. Henry earned a Bachelor’s in Anthropology and English from the University of Vermont.