Just Jack Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 do not lock them in a closet until police arrive..... Upstate NY man charged after confining in closet 4 boys caught vandalizing home CLYDE, N.Y. (AP) -- A man who says he caught four boys vandalizing his father-in-law's home has been charged with child endangerment after corralling them in a closet until police arrived.
Doc Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Shoot them dead instead. And make sure if you have a surveillance system, you erase all tapes.
Cinga Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 He should have let one of the kids hit him with the hammer, then they'd be tried as adults and he'd be fine.... Yes, that was sarcasm....
DC Tom Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 The guy's lucky. He could just as easily have been charged with unlawful inprisonment, which would require him to register as a sex offender.
Doc Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 The guy's lucky. He could just as easily have been charged with unlawful inprisonment, which would require him to register as a sex offender. Wait, unlawful imprisonment gets you a sex offender charge, even if you didn't touch the kid(s)? WTF!
Just Jack Posted June 17, 2013 Author Posted June 17, 2013 Better article - http://www.waynetime...-police-arrived The parents of the boys, according to police, insisted upon the charges against Daniels, admitting their kids had perhaps caused the damage, but that the Clyde businessman went too far in threatening the boys. and video - http://www.13wham.co...55zIqqGToA.cspx
Keukasmallies Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 There are as many ways to handle this situation as there are for parents to control their children. Parents should call it a draw, pay the damages, respond to whatever charges remain and call it a day in which expensive lessons were learned.
Doc Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Let me guess: the parents will end up suing for emotional distress.
TakeYouToTasker Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Any parent who backs his child in the commission of blatantly criminal behavior like this is setting a horrible precedent and reinforcing the absolute wrong things. I'd have thanked the guy, written him a check, and there would have been additional hell to pay.
DC Tom Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Let me guess: the parents will end up suing for emotional distress. Actually, that's the gist of the charges. A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when: 1. He or she knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years old or directs or authorizes such child to engage in an occupation involving a substantial risk of danger to his or her life or health; Everything else in the statute relates to parental neglect, and it doesn't sound like he was injurious to their physical welfare, nor does it sound like the vandalous little bastards had much more welfare to be injured.
IDBillzFan Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 The kid's father should be ashamed of himself. Absolutely ashamed.
BillsFanM.D. Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Any parent who backs his child in the commission of blatantly criminal behavior like this is setting a horrible precedent and reinforcing the absolute wrong things. I'd have thanked the guy, written him a check, and there would have been additional hell to pay. ....and my kids would be mowing that guys lawn and washing his car under my supervision for years.
IDBillzFan Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 ....and my kids would be mowing that guys lawn and washing his car under my supervision for years. I'd be putting the handcuffs on my son by myself. And as a side note, if this were me at 8, 9, or 10, by the time my old man got done with me, I'd have been begging to be kept captive in a freaking closet by a hammer-wielding neighbor.
Keukasmallies Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 No way should he have sent the kids home and then called the cops. In my experience the stories change when kids relate the incident to parents w/o the victim/police in the same room. The guy did the right thing--keep the kids there until police and parents arrive and then have all hear the incident first hand. Saves a lot of backing and filling later.
BillsFanM.D. Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 I'd be putting the handcuffs on my son by myself. And as a side note, if this were me at 8, 9, or 10, by the time my old man got done with me, I'd have been begging to be kept captive in a freaking closet by a hammer-wielding neighbor. That's a high quality one liner. Seriously, though, I would have been in the same boat as you. I rarely 'got it' from my dad...but when I did... I deserved it and I learned from it. Looking at the damages to that house, I suspect this would have been one of the times I would have remembered. Back to TYTT's original point....what kind of precedent is this parent setting? Everyone gets a trophy in that house.
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 He should have let one of the kids hit him with the hammer So basically, if the kid had a hammer, he'd hammer in the morning, he'd hammer in the evening, all over this land.
Rob's House Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 I thought you guys were going a little overboard until I read the article. $40k in damages? Those little ***** are lucky to still have teeth. And that one dad quoted in the story need look no further than the mirror to find out how his son turned out the way he has. I'd like to prosecute those little bastards.
Doc Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Actually, that's the gist of the charges. No, I meant a civil suit.
DC Tom Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 No, I meant a civil suit. If the charges stick, at all, no doubt the civil suit's a slam-dunk.
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