Father smashes daughter's phone after $4700 bill
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Cheyenne dad smashes teen's cell phone
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A Cheyenne father smashed his teenage daughter's cell phone with a hammer after she sent or received about 20,000 text messages in a month.
The Christoffersen family's phone plan with Verizon didn't include texting, and the phone company charged them for each incoming and outgoing text.
Gregg and Jaylene Christoffersen thought texting had been disabled. They only learned their 13-year-old daughter Dena was doing so much of it when they received a phone bill for more than $4,750.
Gregg Christoffersen took a hammer to his daughter's phone hours after the phone bill arrived. He and Jaylene also grounded Dena until the end of school.
The family says Verizon has been willing to knock the bill down to a reasonable level.
Ok, I've been texting this girl in america nonstop (I'm in bermuda so it's longdistance texting) and she recently told me we used up 200$ on her bill already, it's only been one day x.x Texting is a *****, dont let it run your bank dry >.<
