Apparently no such thing as “citizens’ arrest” in CA.
Or “castle doctrine.”
He got off lucky.
But there are those who want the same here...
Vancouver BC is in Canada, not California.
But, the response would likely be the same.
Inviting him to her house is the problem...
If he had simply arrived on his own, this would be no problem.
The invitation invalidates everything, and makes you guilty of a few crimes, to boot.
Do they has any of those shows where they lure would be predators into a house and then film them and arrest them in Canada? I don’t know.
Canada.
Mom posing to lure him is the colossal screw up, as it would be here.
“Apparently no such thing as “citizens’ arrest” in CA.”.......
Vancouver Island is in Canada NOT Kalifornika.
Those parents will be lucky if they don’t get charge with assault and kidnapping having “zip tied” the victim, thus restraining him........until police arrived.