Father Beats Naked Peeping Tom, Faces Charges For Battery

Political Realities ^ | 09/19/13 | LD Jackson

[LD Jackson]

I want to give every parent a hypothetical scenario to think about. Just imagine how you would feel if you discovered a peeping tom outside your children's window. Now imagine how you would feel if you discovered the peeping tom was naked. Think about that for a moment. What would you be likely to do to the pervert who was ogling your children and wearing no clothes? You can answer that question in the comments, but suffice it to say, my reaction would not be pleasant to any individual I caught in such a compromising situation.

Such is the case of Emilio Chavez III of Albuquerque. He caught one Dylan Maho outside his daughter's window and he was naked. That's right, he was hiding in the bushes outside the girls' window and he was as naked as the day he was born. Here's what happened next.

The Blaze - The incident occurred Thursday around 2:30 a.m. when family members heard something outside of the 13 and 15-year-old girls’ window.

“The bushes were shaking. Then she heard groaning and moaning,” the teenagers’ mother Katrina Chavez told KRQE. “My oldest son went out, said ‘What are you doing?’ and then discovered he was naked.”

A 911 call was made, but when police arrived they found that the girls’ father, brother and a friend had apparently chased Maho down the street. When police found Maho, he had been beaten.

So far, this story isn't surprising. Any father I know would have done the same thing and they would have had to outrun the mother to beat her to the punch. Thus far, it's been fairly predictable. Outraged father defends daughters' honor, etc. Now, for the not so good part. The reaction of the police left much to be desired, in my honest opinion. It seems they didn't take kindly to Emilio Chavez's reaction to the naked peeping tom. He has been charged with aggravated battery.

“We have a lot of concerns when victims provoke any kinds of attacks or pursue their attackers even if it’s with good reason, for instance in this situation where you have your children being victimized,” Albuquerque Police Department Officer Tasia Martinez told KRQE.

Once in better condition, police are expected to charge Maho with voyeurism, which is a fourth degree felony when committed against victims who are minors.

Chavez’s aggravated battery charge though could be a third degree felony if “great bodily harm” was inflicted.

Go figure that out. If the charges stand as described, Emilio Chavez could easily spend more time in prison than the man who was hiding naked in the bushes outside his daughter's window. If that isn't a travesty of justice, it will do nicely until a better example comes along.

Does a father not have the right to defend and protect his family? Was he supposed to wait until the police arrived, just letting Dylan Maho kill time by rustling the bushes outside his daughter's window? I think not. Not only does he have the right, he has an obligation to do just that.

Maybe such a severe beating should not have been administered, but the peeping tom shouldered that responsibility when he made the decision to take off his clothes and try to get a glimpse of two girls through their bedroom window. How the District Attorney can justify going through with the charges against Chavez is beyond my comprehension. If he does, maybe the good citizens of Albuquerque could muster up a recall election, similar to the one just held in Colorado.

[bicyclerepair]

Hate to say, but during the chasing, there could have been premeditation of the violence.

Now if they beat the heck out of him in the bushes, that’s more understandable.

Kinda like you don’t shoot a robber in the back from 100 yards.

[digger48]

for one thing,

he would definitey be missing some parts by the time I got done with him.

and, dern it, the dog ate the evidence

[JRandomFreeper]

Kinda like you don’t shoot a robber in the back from 100 yards.

You can in Texas, if they are making off with your property.

/johnny

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“We have a lot of concerns when victims provoke any kinds of attacks or pursue their attackers even if it’s with good reason”

Say what?

[bigbob]

Too bad the father couldn’t have observed a fatal blow to the head as a result of fleeing the scene. Naked peepers caught in the act are apt might get a bit reckless, you know.

[onona]

Your darn tootin there was premeditation.

He was meditatin about beatin ass.

[PGR88]

The incident occurred Thursday around 2:30 a.m. when family members heard something outside of the 13 and 15-year-old girls’ window

they didn't mention age of, or if they knew the perp - maybe it was an invited boyfriend making a hurried exit out of the girls' room after being discovered?

[La Lydia]

He should ask for a jury trial.

[Osage Orange]

Go beat yourself up.

[slipper]

Upside down world we live in...right is wrong, and wrong is right.

[X-spurt]

Just another of a long line of good reasons to not live in Nuevo Mexico.

[yarddog]

I think all I would do is throw a blanket on him and sit on him til the cops got there.

If he put up any resistance I would be inclined to meet any force with much more force assuming I was capable of doing so.

[citizen]

My sentence:

A line from an old Cheech and Chong album: “Whack his pee pee.”

[MinuteGal]

I hear Walgreen's is giving out free immunization shots this fall for tortured over-thinking.

Leni

[LD Jackson]

The peeping tom was one of the neighbors and he had a history of sexual deviance.

[digger48]

“Whack his pee pee.”

I do believe the perp was in the process of doing that to himself

[Bronzy]

>>>A 911 call was made, but when police arrived they found that the girls’ father, brother and a friend had apparently chased Maho down the street. When police found Maho, he had been beaten.<<<

They should have grabbed, pulled him into the house and shot him. Dead men don't talk. He was an intruder.

[Fireone]

“A 911 call was made”
There’s his first mistake, I would have administered justice on the spot, no police call necessary.
What’s he going to do, turn you in for catching him window peeping?

[House Atreides]

He should ask for a jury trial.
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Indeed. If I were a member of said jury, the guy would walk.