TheFisherman
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? PA
Hi,
We recently took my son to a wilderness camp in Utah. He consented to go and willingly got on the plane. Getting to that point is another story.
He has a friend (I'll call him Joe) who kept egging my son on "put up a fight" or "run away" so he did not have to go to the camp. We found out that the night before our flight - someone was going to break my son out. We called the parents of several likely kids who might help my son run away.
The mother of Joe was adament that her boy would never be a part of such a plan. My wife asked her kindly to just keep an eye out for anything suspicious. She went out instead and then came home and passed out.
Fast forward to 3:30 AM. My wife and I stayed up all night making sure that he did not split. My wife notified me that she saw a car that looked like Joe's. It turns out that he had been driving around for over 3 hours waiting for my son to get away.
We called the boys parents - and they said to just send him home. Joe's parents did not even know he was gone. We live about 30 minutes away. We had our boy and the threat was gone so we went back inside. A few hours later we were on the plane.
Joe and his parents fail to see how serious his actions are. They are smug about it in fact.
I want to know what the potential legal issues that could have arisen if we did not intervene or if we decided to press charges. The details are below.
My son - 16 years 7 months.
Joe - 17 years 6 months.
Joe is at my house at 3:30 AM. There is a local curfew - I don't know if it applies to 17 year olds.
The plan was for Joe to drive my son from PA to a vacation house in MD. Drop him off and then Joe goes home before he gets caught. My son had some money so I guess he could buy food.
Other than curfew - is there any other laws that were broken?
Thanks,
Fisherman
Hi,
We recently took my son to a wilderness camp in Utah. He consented to go and willingly got on the plane. Getting to that point is another story.
He has a friend (I'll call him Joe) who kept egging my son on "put up a fight" or "run away" so he did not have to go to the camp. We found out that the night before our flight - someone was going to break my son out. We called the parents of several likely kids who might help my son run away.
The mother of Joe was adament that her boy would never be a part of such a plan. My wife asked her kindly to just keep an eye out for anything suspicious. She went out instead and then came home and passed out.
Fast forward to 3:30 AM. My wife and I stayed up all night making sure that he did not split. My wife notified me that she saw a car that looked like Joe's. It turns out that he had been driving around for over 3 hours waiting for my son to get away.
We called the boys parents - and they said to just send him home. Joe's parents did not even know he was gone. We live about 30 minutes away. We had our boy and the threat was gone so we went back inside. A few hours later we were on the plane.
Joe and his parents fail to see how serious his actions are. They are smug about it in fact.
I want to know what the potential legal issues that could have arisen if we did not intervene or if we decided to press charges. The details are below.
My son - 16 years 7 months.
Joe - 17 years 6 months.
Joe is at my house at 3:30 AM. There is a local curfew - I don't know if it applies to 17 year olds.
The plan was for Joe to drive my son from PA to a vacation house in MD. Drop him off and then Joe goes home before he gets caught. My son had some money so I guess he could buy food.
Other than curfew - is there any other laws that were broken?
Thanks,
Fisherman
