Friend walked in on a burglary.

[netsecsys]

Please tell me you're being sarcastic. My meter is busted today.

yeah..too lazy for an emoticon...

[Byte Stryke]

Burglary/B&E at a Minimum...

[DingleBerns]

Didn't read th whole thread but what about felony 1st degree criminal tresspass? Nothing needs to have been taken. Or burglary, unlawfull entry with the intent to commit a crime therein. Sounds bogus. Also It's not up to him if charges are pressed on the juvenile.

Uh, yes it is his choice.

[O2HeN2]

His house is toast.

O2

[RblDiver]

I could perhaps understand not pressing charges against the one whose parent was remorseful, but the other? Heck no, throw the book at him!

[spqrzilla]

The other parent called him a racist, violent asshole. Yup, that's right. No charges pressed because nothing was stolen and nothing was broken. But he was the "bad guy" according to the parent. I tell ya...some kid's parents.

This is why that kid is a felon already. The parents likely are too.

[spqrzilla]

And yep, there is a good chance that these scum will be back.

[Dave_L]

Hey, sorry fellas. I don't get online much at night. No BS. This is from a long time friend. I know it's not how most people on this board would have done things. To each their own. I would have pressed charges also. Eff anyone that thinks they can go into my house. He mentioned that the cops have the kids names so if anything comes up again, they're first on the list. Not that it matters much after the fact anyways. Apparently, he didn't lock his back door. I have no idea why you don't lock your house but again, to each their own. The dog was in a kennel hence why it didn't attack the intruders or anything.

My friend is a good guy and is hoping that this is enough of a wake up call for the kids. One started crying and the other started stuttering as soon as he confronted them. However, as some have said, once the parent called me anything but awesome, I would have done everything I can to show her how much of an asshole I could be. I do fear that this isn't over for him. I told him he should probably move but he said he doesn't feel at risk. I don't know how you can say that after multiple break in's. I'll do some more encouraging to him but each person will only do what they feel they should. All his guns are secure but If it were me, I'd probably just move them completely out of the house for a while minus my carry weapon.

[generalmeow]

I was driving down the street once and BANG! something hits my car. I look up on a hill and see these (4) 13-14 year old kids running away. I thought they threw a rock at my car.

I had never been in the neighborhood but I saw the direction they were headed. I rushed over to where I approximated they would be, saw them, jumped out of my car, and sprinted after them. I caught 3 of the fuckers. I don't know how, I guess I'm really fast and agile when I'm seeing red. I bunched them all together and grabbed the collars of all their shirts with one hand, while I called the cops with the other hand.

After about 5 minutes they were saying I was hurting them and asking if they could sit down. They were all whimpering, and face to face because I had them by the shirt collars. It must have looked ridiculous. I wasn't about to release my death grip on them. The cops showed up, and we went back to my car. They had thrown a full pudding cup at me and hit the roof right above the windshield. It didn't do any damage to the car.

The cop asked me if I wanted to press charges, or just scare them. I said just scare them. I'm sure they got in big trouble with their parents. If there had been damage to the car I would have pressed charges. It was dumb of them, and I'm sure they didn't see getting off the hook with the cops as opportunity to go out and do it again.

B&E is way different though. There is zero chance that I wouldn't have pressed charges.

[Clint45]

It's a judgement call he needed to make, and I'm sure he felt he was doing the right thing. Dealing with a 13 year old who walked through an unlocked door and cries when he's caught is a bit different from walking in on a 17 year old gang member who kicked the door off its hinges or crawled through a 2nd floor window. Apparently they didn't hurt the dog or trash the place. He thought calling the parents was a good idea, but it turned out that one of the parents was a bigger shitbag than his kid. Maybe the other parent will beat the hell out of his own kid and tell him not to hang out with shitbag junior anymore. Little hope for shitbag junior, but maybe the other kid will turn his life around and choose not to go down that path.

Pressing felony charges SEEMS like the right thing to do . . . but if they're 13 year olds who live on the same block as you, that complicates things a bit. Now instead of being the white guy who threw two junior high kids in juvie for being stupid, he's the guy who COULD'VE pressed charges but didn't. This will make the kids' families, friends, and associates hate him less, and be less likely to do things to his house and vehicles in the future. Besides, the felony burglary probably would've been reduced to misdemeanor criminal trespass with no jail time and they'd just need to see a probation officer once a month and have their Youthful Offender record sealed. If he likes the house and wants to keep living in that neighborhood, I can understand why he did what he did. NOW he just needs to lock his fucking doors when he leaves the house and let his dog out of the kennel crate.