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Inculcated:
This warped concept of the use of *transporters* is fraught with enough perils that it is in and of itself a significant problem. That it has now developed into this situation of a fucking unlawful detaining a child (and possibly others) under a similar pretext of Sergeant Stranger Danger misrepresenting himself as a truancy officer… for the purpose of abduction, recruitment and extortion... I am so profoundly pissed! The practice of children being abducted from their homes by some hired toughs has in all likelihood given this dumb thug the idea that he can and should go make a buck and fill some plastic seats to boot by abducting a child off the street at random. This is an exemplar of the perilous collision of the perception of kids as commodities and the pathologizing of adolescence in action!
 
The message of an anything less than an as full as the extent of the law permits sentence imposed on this man would essentially put a target on the back of every unaccompanied minor.  

I can see it now : Predator sips iced-tea as Steve Hanson enters with introduction and asks what were you thinking? Predator answers: Well, I saw this kid online and I was going to recruit them to a program and the condoms and winecoolers were going to be a visual aid part of my teen safety lecture.  
 :suicide:

Edited:  Thx Oscar!

heretik:
excerpt from a post by Ursus above:


--- Quote ---I should stress that the immediately preceding paragraph consists of my personal opinion and good faith speculation as to what actually transpired, and should not be confused or interpreted to be equivalent to hard facts. At this point in time, hard facts are not available to the general public.

Nevertheless, news reports currently in circulation indicate that McFarland is being charged with false imprisonment, extortion, child abuse, unlawful use of a badge and kidnapping a 14-year-old minor. His hearing is on the 13th; I'm sure more info will be available then.
--- End quote ---

Thanks for elaborating on this "con job" by this individual, acting as if he is somebody. I hope we don't find out he was working at the behest of the caregivers. Still I hope he is slapped down hard by the Judicial process.

Inculcated:
After  “false imprisonment, extortion, child abuse, unlawful use of a badge and kidnapping a 14-year-old girl”, Kelvin "Sarge" McFarland took her to her parents where he insisted she be enrolled in his boot camp, "(The family) paid him for the boot camp." "They thought they didn't have a choice."
He secured a hundred dollar fee from the parents who were under the impression he was a truancy officer. "(The father) went to the school to ask whether the schools were involved, believing it to be a truancy issue,". "The district determined that the parents should contact the Pasadena police."
The quotes from the article cited and linked in the 2nd post of this thread indicate Sarge was not acting at the behest of the caregivers. Sadly, there may have been others taken by this sham. “Police believe McFarland, who remains in custody on $285,000 bail, may have run the scam on other families in the city”

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "John Huntsman" ---I think this is a real shame.  It's obvious this man's goal was only to help this child.  This is the thanks we get when we try to help.
--- End quote ---
I can think of a number of situations where a stated goal of "only helping this child" has led to disastrous and quite terminal results.

Does the (avowed) noble intention ... warrant or excuse the criminal means?

Ursus:
Another article about this case:

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Pasadena Star-News

Monrovia man, local boot camp leader known as 'Sarge,' arrested on suspicion of kidnapping minor

Posted: 06/07/2011 10:32:50 AM PDT


Kelvin McFarland (Courtesy Pasadena Police Department)

PASADENA - A Monrovia man who runs a youth boot camp for at-risk teens is facing kidnapping, extortion and other charges stemming from allegations he handcuffed a 14-year-old girl and demanded money from her parents for her release.

Kelvin McFarland, 40, who goes by "Sarge" and regularly wears a camouflage uniform as part of his Pasadena/Altadena-based boot camp business, Family 1st Growth Camp, was arrested May 27 and was being held on $285,000 bail, police said.

He was booked on suspicion of kidnapping, child abuse, false imprisonment, extortion and unlawful use of a badge. He has a scheduled June 13 preliminary hearing, officials said.

According to police, McFarland allegedly handcuffed the 14-year-old, who was truant from school. He then allegedly drove her to a relative's home and demanded money before releasing her.

McFarland then allegedly attempted to persuade the family into enrolling the minor in his boot camp business.

Detectives believe McFarland may have committed similar acts and obtained illegal payments from parents or guardians and are asking anyone who may have been a victim to contact the Pasadena Police Department at 626-744-4241.


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