Posted on 12/18/2011 5:42:36 PM PST by naturalman1975
Two teenagers who spotted a five-year-old girl sleeping in a stolen car have told how they were arrested for 'doing the right thing' when they called police.
Tyler Thompson and Connor Roderick were held in custody for four hours and had their DNA and fingerprints taken.
Their clothes were also kept by police following the incident in St Helen Auckland, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
Now Tyler,16, and 18-year-old Connor plan to submit a complaint to the authorities about their treatment.
The teenagers were on their way to a shop to buy milk at about 10.15pm nine days ago when they found the abandoned red Skoda Fabia with its engine running.
It had been stolen from outside the Royal Chef Chinese takeaway in nearby Manor Road.
The driver had left his keys in the ignition while he went in to place an order and three youths were spotted driving the car away shortly after 10pm.
The friends recognised the car and while Connor ran to find the owner, Tyler spotted the young girl on the back seat and guarded the vehicle.
Connor then brought the police and the girl's father to the car where officers arrested them.
'We couldn't believe what was happening,' said Tyler. 'We hadn't done anything wrong. We thought we were doing the right thing but the police just didn't believe us. We were gutted.
'If we had left that car, I never would have been able to forgive myself if something had happened to that girl.'
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You are spot on.Arrogance also plays a major part in their decision making.
Just recently a man was sentenced to 3 yrs in jail for
possesing a weapon
Had found a sawed off shotgun in his year where had been
tossed by criminals
Took it to police station and was arrested for possesing a
weapon ....
Judge said didnt matter wasn’t his .......
True, but even more true for prosectors.
And where did this supposedly happen?
Sorry about your Mom.
May God bless and hold her in His arms
I seem to recall that sawed-off shotgun thing to. But I think it was in England as well.
Paul Clarke, 2009.
He was found guilty and given a 1 yr suspended sentence. The case caused anger here because the prosecution and judge chose to follow the strict letter of the law. Instead of actual Home Office guidelines which state that no civilian who tries to hand it in should be considered having ‘possessed’ the weapon.
The problem was that Clarke rather stupidly didnt call the police straight away, but set up a later meeting with a policeman he knew THEN handed it over. Therefore he was deemed to have ‘possessed’ the weapon and failed to immediately hand the weapon over to police.
My point is that I think I know what case he is talking about, and he’s remembering it wrongly and also doesn’t seem to be aware of all the facts. The man was not given a three year sentence, but a one year suspended sentence and if it hadn’t already been a convicted criminal who held onto the gun for a few days before handing it into police in a way that seemed deliberately designed to cause problems (telling a senior police officer he had a grudge against, “I have something for you” and pulling the weapon out suddenly - in America, where police are armed, I think he’d have had a good chance of getting shot with a stunt like that) he probably wouldn’t have been charged with anything at all.
Sad but true in these “interesting times”
Outrageous.
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