Boys sneak in, but dad is charged

Oakland Press ^ | May 01, 2002 | STEPHEN W. HUBER

[HELLRAISER II]

I'm not sure it would have made any difference to me whether it was boyfriend or intruder at 3:00 a.m. hiding in my daughters closet. Somebody would have gotten their @ss whipped and in honest humble opinion they would have deserved it.

[homeschool mama]

**I wonder what the parents of the boys did to their sons? If they were mine they would be writting to the judge telling him to drop the charges on Kerr. **

yessirreeeeee bob!

[homeschool mama]

thank you for stating the obvious, ap.

[homeschool mama]

***My No. 1 priority is to protect my wife and kids.***

He had every right to do what he did!

[3catsanadog]

Kerr, who said he has two felonies on his record,

Whoa Nelly Bell! Am I misunderstanding this, or has this guy broken the law before?

This doesn't look good for Mr. Kerr, if he's been arrested and convicted before.

Otherwise, he better start bleating that he feared for his and his family's life in his defense.

I guess from now on, we are supposed to dialog with intruders and clarify that they are there to steal or rape or murder or all of the above before we defend ourselves.

Sheesh, what a country!

[Savage Beast]

This happened to me once.

In the middle of the night, the telephone awakened my wife and me.

A man's voice addressed me by name and said, "It's 3 a.m. Do you know where your son is?"

"He's in his bed asleep," I replied.

"You'd better go check," he said.

My son was not in his room.

The man, whom I did not know, explained that my teenage son, and two other boys, had come to his house and were talking to his daughter through her window. He told me where he lived.

I had to be at work at 7 a.m., but naturally I dressed, went to the man's house, and surprised my son. I was furious.

I took him inside and stood there while he apologized to the man, his wife, and his daughter, and told them that it would never happen again. It didn't.

My son was a very good boy and is today a very fine man, and that is the only such incident we ever had.

However, dispite very careful supervision and a good boy, it was 3 a.m., and I didn't know where my son was.

[concerned about politics]

I took him inside and stood there while he apologized to the man, his wife, and his daughter, and told them that it would never happen again. It didn't.

You're a good dad. :-)

[patriot_wes]

Kerr said he grounded his daughter for a month because of the incident. Kerr sounds like just another guy tring to do the right thing. I guess he should be thrown in jail. (/sarcasm) I wonder what the parents of the boys did to their sons? If they were mine they would be writting to the judge telling him to drop the charges on Kerr.

If they were mine they'd be gettin their little a**es kicked. Then they'd write a letter of apology to Kerr. (course if they were public school kids they could have someone write the apology for them).

[in the Arena]

Somebody needs to remind the idiots in Berkley about the 12 year old murder victim, Polly Klaas...abducted from her home in the middle of the night...

Davis, 42, was convicted on June 18 of killing Polly after kidnapping her from a slumber party in her bedroom on October 1, 1993. Her disappearance touched off a nationwide search that did not end until Davis led police to the body weeks later.

[Still Thinking]

Guys, this took place in Berkeley. All your authority are our.

It's Berkley, Michigan, not the Peoples Republic of Berzerkeley, Kalifornia.

[bigeasy_70118]

Louisiana has a great perspective on this. You unlawfully enter someone's house, car or place of business, you can be shot.

[concerned about politics]

Polly Klaas and the Van Damm kid, too. Imagine the fathers fear.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

James Halushka, director of warrants and investigations for the Prosecutor's Office, said Kerr's prior record was a factor in the decision to charge him.

Hmmm.

[paul51]

I wonder what the parents of the boys did to their sons? If they were mine they would be writting to the judge telling him to drop the charges on Kerr

Dream on. They are probably being deluged with calls from attorneys hoping to represent them with civil charges against the Kerr's so they can collect some money.

[joathome]

"A 13 year-old cannot give consent, therefore the boyfriend is guilty of rape if they had sex."

If he's fourteeen? Doesn't there have to be an age differential here for that to apply? Otherwise, parents could be asking for prosecution of every sixteen year old boy who has sex with their fifteen year old daughter!

[in the Arena]

I think you've just summed up the closing arguments for the defense...

[Airborne_Ranger_B3-75]

These kids needed to get a "tune-up" What were they thinking, well...we all know what they were thinking but obviously it clouded their sound judgement. ...as much as a 14-15 year old boy can, but I had fear to take over when reason failed

[joebuck]

"A 13 year-old cannot give consent, therefore the boyfriend is guilty of rape if they had sex."

If both kids (13 and 14) are considered to be equally underage, and everything is consenual, how do you determine who is the rapist and who is the rapee? I mean, can't he argue that she raped him? Or are they both guilty of statutory rape?

[Defend the Second]

The Great State of Texas allows you to do the same. Several years ago an intruder was shot to death in Fort Worth. Afterward the Sheriff was quoted as saying "You break into a man's house in the middle of the night, you take what comes." My kind of guy.

Actually, the widespread ownership and carry of weapons in Texas makes this a pretty safe place, unless you are a bad guy. No way this guy would have been charged in most parts of Texas, possible exception being Austin.

[FreeTally]

If he's fourteeen? Doesn't there have to be an age differential here for that to apply? Otherwise, parents could be asking for prosecution of every sixteen year old boy who has sex with their fifteen year old daughter!

It is my understanding that there is rarely any charges brought when both are below the age of consent and their ages are reasonably close. If you are in a State where the age of consent is 18, and you have a 17 year old boy and a 14 year old girl, the boy is probably in deep doo.