Dakota Valkyrie
June 20th, 2009, 06:39 PM
http://i44.tinypic.com/2ynnxhw.jpgA La Crosse man has been charged with kidnapping and child abduction after authorities said he took a neighbor’s 4-year-old to a church mission, claiming the child was his grandson.
The boy, who has a mild form of autism, was on a “time out” in his backyard when he disappeared Tuesday morning, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
About 90 minutes later, police got a call from a worker at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral’s Front Door Ministry, saying Dale Berger, a regular, had shown up drunk with the child in tow, saying the boy was hungry.
Berger, who lives in the same block as the boy, told police he found him on the street, according to the complaint. He said he explained traffic signals and went to Cameron Park, where the boy chased squirrels. Berger then took him to the post office to see if his veterans’ benefits check had arrived.
According to the complaint, Berger said the boy told him his parents were dead, so he wanted to help.
Asked why he didn’t bring the child to a fire station or business, Berger said he wasn’t thinking. A breath test showed he had a 0.21 percent blood-alcohol level.
The boy was returned safely to his mother.
According to court records, the 60-year-old Berger has 26 convictions since 2001, most for disorderly conduct and bail jumping, as well as a dozen from previous decades.
La Crosse County Circuit Judge Elliott Levine set bail at $10,000 cash, saying “Mr. Berger has no way to stop drinking when he’s out in the community.”http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/06/11/news/z01berger11.txt
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He had been outside in the yard, when he vanished.
The victim's mom says, "I as nervous because it was too long and he's a little boy. He's only four and he has problems and I didn't know where he was. I didn't know what to do."
The victim's mother called police. She didn't know that an intoxicated Dale Berger had found her son who has special needs and brought him to the Cathedral Church.
[...]
The case that leaves many puzzling now goes to trial.
Dale Berger entered two pleas.
He plead not guilty to both charges.
And not guilty by mental defect.
[...]http://www.wxow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10558634
Too many WTFs :confused7: in this story.
The boy, who has a mild form of autism, was on a “time out” in his backyard when he disappeared Tuesday morning, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
About 90 minutes later, police got a call from a worker at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral’s Front Door Ministry, saying Dale Berger, a regular, had shown up drunk with the child in tow, saying the boy was hungry.
Berger, who lives in the same block as the boy, told police he found him on the street, according to the complaint. He said he explained traffic signals and went to Cameron Park, where the boy chased squirrels. Berger then took him to the post office to see if his veterans’ benefits check had arrived.
According to the complaint, Berger said the boy told him his parents were dead, so he wanted to help.
Asked why he didn’t bring the child to a fire station or business, Berger said he wasn’t thinking. A breath test showed he had a 0.21 percent blood-alcohol level.
The boy was returned safely to his mother.
According to court records, the 60-year-old Berger has 26 convictions since 2001, most for disorderly conduct and bail jumping, as well as a dozen from previous decades.
La Crosse County Circuit Judge Elliott Levine set bail at $10,000 cash, saying “Mr. Berger has no way to stop drinking when he’s out in the community.”http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/06/11/news/z01berger11.txt
[...]
He had been outside in the yard, when he vanished.
The victim's mom says, "I as nervous because it was too long and he's a little boy. He's only four and he has problems and I didn't know where he was. I didn't know what to do."
The victim's mother called police. She didn't know that an intoxicated Dale Berger had found her son who has special needs and brought him to the Cathedral Church.
[...]
The case that leaves many puzzling now goes to trial.
Dale Berger entered two pleas.
He plead not guilty to both charges.
And not guilty by mental defect.
[...]http://www.wxow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10558634
Too many WTFs :confused7: in this story.