I'd call the cops. Actually, I'd like to think I would have punched the fellow out and dragged the poor kid out of there.
OTOH, if someone simply told me about it without going into specifics, and I wasn't really sure I believed it, I'd probably would just pass it down the line, if that.
“OTOH, if someone simply told me about it without going into specifics, and I wasn’t really sure I believed it, I’d probably would just pass it down the line, if that.”
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Even if you were the boss?
If you were in charge, or had any responsibility, official or otherwise, don’t you feel it would be vitally important to force the revelation of “specifics”?