Ahhh, typing up my previous post made me remember this too.
2-3 years ago (pre CHL, not that it matters) my wife was walking to the corner store at night. A bad idea in general, but we both grew up in small towns and at that point really didn’t think much about security stuff other than defense of the home.
Anyway, she was walking home from the corner store and there were a group of teens standing around up to no good. Apparently one of them wanted some easy cash and tried grabbing her purse as she walked by. When the kid did that she slammed him against the fence, took her purse back and told the kid he had better find someone else to pick on. (was crazy proud of her for that even though it could have gotten really ugly with two other teens standing right there).
She walked home and told me about it. I was completely appalled. We called the police and explained the situation. They said they would send an officer right over.
I got a description from her of the guy and headed out to the parking lot to see if I could spot where they were. Found him in the exact same place she described and asked him what he was up to and if he remembered putting his hands on my wife. He said he was just playing with her. I explained that we didn’t think it was that funny. We exchanged a few words, but at that point I realized their age and thought it better to just let the police handle the situation so I went back home and sat out on the front porch with the wife waiting for the police to show up.
About 10 minutes later here come the same kids around the corner with a few more in tow. They stop in front of the steps we’re sitting on and start talking smack. Now they’re saying they didn’t touch her. I told him I wasn’t about to debate it, the police could sort it out when they got there. He goes on and on professing his innocence. I asked him if he was so innocent if he would mind letting me see his ID.
He pulls out his wallet and hands it to me in a gesture of disgust. I pull out his ID card, hand him back his wallet, put the ID card in my pocket and inform him he’s more than welcome to wait for the police there, but we’re going inside.
He was less than thrilled with me taking his ID card, but I explained that he gave it to me freely and him going into my pocket might be considered assault and at that point his age wouldn’t matter much to me and his best option was just to sit down and quietly wait for the police.
After another 5-10 minutes, still not LEOs so I go back upstairs and call again and ask what the hold up is about and explain that I have the guy who did it and we’d like them picked up and to press charges on them for at the very least, assault. The operator puts me on the phone with their SGT and he asks me how I have the guy in custody. So I explain that he walked right up to me after I confronted him and I asked him for his ID card and he handed it to me and that the guy didn’t really see the point in leaving since I had is ID anyway. … about 2 minutes later when the sgt catches his breath again (from laughing) he said they’ll send someone right over.
I go back out on the porch to watch the kids and make sure things don’t get out of hand. About what seemed like 30 seconds later a LEO rolls around the corner. The huge group of friends standing around scatter like cockroaches. The one kid in question (about 16-17 yrs old… kids to me) walks over to the officer and sticks out his hand to try and shake it (he refuses) and professes his innocence. The cop listens and then comes over for our side of the story. I hand the officer the kid’s ID card and explain the situation, as does my wife and she makes a positive ID on the kid. He must have asked me about 10 times if the kid really just GAVE me his ID card and if I forcefully restrained the kid to make him stay there. You could tell it was all he could do not to bust out laughing at the absurdity of the situation.
The officer promptly turns around and arrests the kid and walks off. We tell him we’d like to press formal charges. He just looks at me and says “don’t worry, we’ll handle this. We know this kid.� (I guess WE must have been his partner waiting in the car… )
I just assumed that meant he’d be in touch with what we needed to do to press charges. He takes the kid off, puts him in the car and we go back upstairs.
The next day as I'm walking from the parking lot to my front door there’s a HUGE guy waiting on my front porch. He was REALLY mad. We talked a bit and he said that the cops pulled around the corner, pulled the kid out of the car, beat him and let him go. Went on and on about how they had pictures and were going to sue us and the police. I explained that I had NO idea what he was talking about, but I would be pressing charges on his son. He eventually vamoosed along his own little way.
That got me to thinking. I really thought the guy had to be yanking my chain. I got on the phone with the dispatch office and asked about the status of the situation with pressing charges. Got transferred several times (about 2 hours on the phone total) and nobody could find anything other than a record of the call made and officers responded. No charges or paperwork pending (not sure how that stuff works anyway) and no record of taking anyone in custody.
At that point I just let the situation drop, assuming that what the dad said was true.
Not sure what the morale of the story is and I really don’t have any idea what happened to the kid after he left my sight, but I’ve often wondered what really happened. I was never contacted about a suit (not that I would have been liable anyway) and never could even find record of even having arrested the kid. I didn’t know stuff like this still happened.
Not sure what the moral of the story is but there it is.
The case of the Missing Arrest
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oh yeah, i told him flat out he was a silly wank for even considering legal action against me. If anything he should thank me for being civil in a situation where a lot of folks would not have been.Will938 wrote:Why would he sue you? Your wife was victimized by his kid, you did the right thing by getting the police involved, you didn't beat up his kid. I'd tell him that either he forgets about it or you make it your mission in life to get his kid behind bars.
But, apparently he believed that someone abused his son and i was remotely connected. He was outraged and as a father I would be too. I don't fault him for that, though his outrage should be channeled in a more appropriate direction. I can only assume the whole thing was a farce or he finally came to his senses.
I did end up telling him though that If i ever saw his kid again I would go back to the police and make sure the crime was actually recorded and then press charges. Haven't seen him or his kid since.
It's a perfect example of why we need a national license to procreate based on our IQ.