A 13-year-old boy is at the heart of a police investigation after he got a 6-inch tattoo of a dragon to celebrate surviving cancer.
The Washington state teen, who was diagnosed with leukemia before the age of two, got the body art while on vacation with a family friend several months ago, KING 5 reported.
The boy decided to get the dragon ink as a "badge of honor," according to his mom, who wished to remain anonymous.
"He actually thought I was going to be proud of him," she told the local station.
"What he thought was a good thing, is now turning into a really bad thing, and it is not at all how he wanted it to be. It's done. I can't do anything about it."
A family friend who saw the ink notified Centralia, Wash., police, Sgt. Pat Fitzgerald said.
But the boy has remained tight-lipped on who tattooed him.
Washington tattoo shops are prohibited from allowing minors to go under the needle.
There are currently 383 tattoo parlors and 1,124 licensed artists in the state, which just started licensing the tattoo business two years ago.
The state Department of Licensing will follow the police's investigation and decide whether to punish the artist or the shop with a fine or suspension, spokeswoman Christine Anthony said.
Police initially feared that the parents, who have eight children and have been visited previously by Child Protective Services for a welfare check, encouraged the boy to get inked, Fitzgerald said.
But authorities soon realized that the boy's parents weren't aware of his plans to get tatted.
"The parents were not happy about it," he said. "The parents would not have allowed or condoned it."
The dragon tattoo, however, is not the first time the teen has been inked nor is he the only one in his family to sport a tattoo.
The boy got a heart-shaped tattoo on his ankle last year in Texas to signify an unspecified medical crisis, Fitzgerald said.
The mother, who got a matching tat, thought it was legal for a minor to get inked in Texas with parental permission.
The boy's 15-year-old brother also got a tattoo recently from the same Washington tattoo artist and the mother is not particularly happy about that either.
Both boys have been grounded this summer as punishment, Fitzgerald said.
croberts@nydailynews.com With Wire News Services
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