He wasn't arrested for what he MIGHT do! He was taken into custody for what the girl SAID he did!
What should the police have done...just let him walk?He was accused of a crime!
Maybe he learned his lesson;
But would you trust your daughter with him?
To be fair,I'd advise my son not to date HER,either!
Whether I would trust my daughter (granddaughters would be the more reasonable response, in my case. All the kids are married FIRST, then grandkids, thank you) or not is not the question. Whether I trust him or not does not, nor should result in imprisonment.
What should the policemen have done? Question him, then arrest him for the crime that he did commit (failing to register). Then, using available evidence and statements of witnesses, determine whether there sufficient grounds to begin an investigation.
What do they have? Well, as I posted earlier “Mens Rea” went out the window when she said that she had told him that she was 19.