What is the name of your state? Ohio
When my son was 13 there was a neighborhood incident
--a bunch of them was playing on the golf course, someone reported them, police came, called out to them- a few kids were taken to the police station for vandalism- a couple of kids 'got away' as they ran off into the nearby woods and proceeded to go home. When my son (one that 'got away') heard that a few of the kids were taken in, he told me that he did not do any of it... I had/have NO reason to doubt him (reminded him of the guilty by association talk) He said that he would go to the police station without problem and tell them what happened.
We went to the police station and he told them what happened in his words. They 'arrested' him... they read him his rights, no fingerprinting or pictures, I'm pretty sure they wrote it down in a ledger like book, and he was released to me.
Son told me that one of the kids had jabbed a stick in the green by one of the holes. The next morning I went to golf course to take pictures and camcorded the 'damage' so that I would possibly of my evidence of what was there.
It was in the paper the next day about $$$ damage to the golf course by some local kids........
The other kid that 'got away' also denied any vandalism. His mother took him to the police station 2 or 3 times to 'file' his report. (I should mention this is in SMALL community pop. about 1600) no one was there to take report and told him to come back, then was told someone would get a hold of him... no one ever did.
Nothing ever came of the situation. No papers from court, no formal charges- for ANY of the kids... I think that the damage at the golf course was so minor that golf course didn't bother....
FINALLY....MY QUESTION>>>>>>>>>
was my son arrested? when applying to colleges, military academy, jobs... does he need to disclose this?
When my son was 13 there was a neighborhood incident
--a bunch of them was playing on the golf course, someone reported them, police came, called out to them- a few kids were taken to the police station for vandalism- a couple of kids 'got away' as they ran off into the nearby woods and proceeded to go home. When my son (one that 'got away') heard that a few of the kids were taken in, he told me that he did not do any of it... I had/have NO reason to doubt him (reminded him of the guilty by association talk) He said that he would go to the police station without problem and tell them what happened.
We went to the police station and he told them what happened in his words. They 'arrested' him... they read him his rights, no fingerprinting or pictures, I'm pretty sure they wrote it down in a ledger like book, and he was released to me.
Son told me that one of the kids had jabbed a stick in the green by one of the holes. The next morning I went to golf course to take pictures and camcorded the 'damage' so that I would possibly of my evidence of what was there.
It was in the paper the next day about $$$ damage to the golf course by some local kids........
The other kid that 'got away' also denied any vandalism. His mother took him to the police station 2 or 3 times to 'file' his report. (I should mention this is in SMALL community pop. about 1600) no one was there to take report and told him to come back, then was told someone would get a hold of him... no one ever did.
Nothing ever came of the situation. No papers from court, no formal charges- for ANY of the kids... I think that the damage at the golf course was so minor that golf course didn't bother....
FINALLY....MY QUESTION>>>>>>>>>
was my son arrested? when applying to colleges, military academy, jobs... does he need to disclose this?