Man arrested for allegedly leaving 17-year-old alone in car

[Dr Powerfun]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police say a Shepherdsville man is facing a misdemeanor charge after he left his 17-year-old son alone in a vehicle while he went inside a bar to drink.

According to an arrest report, 59-year-old James L. Osborne was seen walking into The Electric Cowboy, a bar on Dixie Highway, near Oak Park Drive, early Saturday morning, shortly before 2:30 a.m.

Witnesses say he left a young boy inside his vehicle.

When police arrived, they approached the boy and asked him his age. It was determined that the boy was 17.

Police say they met with Osborne and he told them he had consumed two alcoholic beverages.

"The subject stated he didn't see anything wrong with leaving his son in the car while he drank in the night club," police say. "In his words, 'they were bonding.'"

The boy was released into the custody of his grandmother.

Police say they arrested Osborne and charged him with endangering the welfare of a minor, a misdemeanor.

http://www.wdrb.com/story/18373111/m...d-alone-in-car

[Judee]

I have mixed emotions about this story... At 17 years of age, most kids are pretty independent emotionally (or should be). What I don't know is why the man didn't leave his son at home, unless the kid has been in trouble while being left alone at home in the past? Jeeze, when I was 17 years old I had graduated and was living on my own and working in a bank. This story doesn't make much sense to me, as I think there are a whole lot more important things cops could be doing.

[Project]

how is this even illegal?

[Judee]

how is this even illegal?

Yes, that doesn't make sense to me either Project. Kids younger than that can 'legally' babysit very young children, so isn't that 'being left alone' essentially? Is this a case of a cop being overzealous, or is there more to the story than meets the eye? Maybe leaving a kid under 18 years of age in a car is considered endangerment?

[Project]

Yes, that doesn't make sense to me either Project. Kids younger than that can 'legally' babysit very young children, so isn't that 'being left alone' essentially? Is this a case of a cop being overzealous, or is there more to the story than meets the eye? Maybe leaving a kid under 18 years of age in a car is considered endangerment?

But the kid is old enough to drive a car alone where I live. LOL! {shakes head}

[Judee]

But the kid is old enough to drive a car alone where I live. LOL! {shakes head}

I hear you. There has to be more to the story is all I can think.