Mum Mistaken For Thief While Driving Laps Around Her Street

A NZ mum was labelled suspicious during her night drive to get her two-month-old son off to sleep.

The innocent mum caused quite the alarm in her local community and even made her local Facebook group.

Karina Missen, 29, posted a TikTok video containing screenshots of the post in the ‘Greenhill Park Community & Residents’ Facebook group.

“Should I call the police?”

Her concerned neighbour posted in the community group: “This car has been circling on Capper Crescent seven times in the past 10 minutes. Should I call the police?” alongside a photo of the mums car.

Members of the neighbourhood encouraged the original poster to contact police just in case.

– You could take your phone and show the people in the car driving past that you are recording them. –

– Yes, please. This car was doing the same thing yesterday. Perhaps go out to your letterbox and have a good look at them and get the plate number.

– Cops may as well check them out. –

Karina quickly replied to the neighbourhood thread saying, “Sorry! No, it’s me! My two-month-old fell asleep in the car!”

The mum told Newshub after she owned up to being the “suspicious” vehicle her fellow neighbours were “really understanding”.

“It’s a great reminder for people to look out for one another. I find it reassuring really, I completely understand how it must have looked, seven times in 10 minutes!” she said.

Parents could totally relate to the mums predicament when she told them it was her

– I feel so bad for you. It’s so tough when they are little but this is hilarious. –

Another one added, – Hahaha! My partner does laps around the supermarket car park while I run in and grab things. He gets a lot of looks. –

Another said: – My dad used to drive me round for hours when I was a baby because I had chronic reflux and would only sleep in the car. This is so sweet. –

“I do this on the motorway!” another wrote.

Have you ever sparked suspicion doing something as a parent?

Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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