Neighbors call police on 12-year-old boy cutting grass

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Friday, June 29, 2018

MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio -- An Ohio boy's summer vacation was anything but exciting after someone called police on the 12-year-old.

Reginald Field started a business cutting grass for his neighbors, but his service - at one customer's house - resulted in a call to the police.

Fields said everything was going fine until one of his customer's neighbors called the police, claiming that the boy had cut his grass.

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"They said I was cutting their grass. I didn't know it," Fields said.

The neighbor told authorities that he'd had cut a portion of their property and was in their yard.

Fields said after the incident he became discouraged, but a customer decided to post about the incident on Facebook.

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The post received thousands of views and hundreds of shares.

Now, Fields is receiving a lot of support for his business.

"Just give me a call. I will be there. On time," Fields said.