In reading an Austin American Article that passed its way through my email today entitled,
"Department Store Officer Charged with Indecency with a 16-year-old Girl: Police Say He Asked Girl to Have Sex Instead of Being Charged With Shoplifting", wherein the South Austin's Kohl's Department Loss Prevention Officer demanded sex in return for not filing a felonious shoplifting charge.
I guess he didn't count on this girl speaking out for fear of having to face the consequences of her shoplifting actions. It is my guess that this alleged intimidation factor he pressed on with is now going to scar her far worse than any consequence the Courts could have implemented.
It is such a shame that this gal may have a long time before she can look at sex in the loving, initimate manner that it should be because of his actions.
Of course he may have thought he was doing her a favor in light of the TYC (Texas Youth Commission) problems that have been surfacing recently and is currently under massive overhaul; at 16 years old and with a felony type of charge, she would have likely been forced to go to TYC for her actions otherwise.
Who knows what he was really thinking???
Is it any wonder why some teenagers are so confused about sex???
Somehow, it wouldn't surprise me any if there were other similar cases that begin surfacing. It is a clear abuse of power and this sort of thing should never be tolerated.
In accordance to the article, there are witnesses that will make it harder for this guy to squirm out of some degree of a conviction. Hopefully, he will suffer the consequences of his own actions to the fullest extent of the law and be prevented from being in any similar position in the future.
No one should suffer the abuse of power, young or old. It is commendable that this teen had the gumption to speak up, in spite of the consequences she might have to pay for her own alleged shoplifting actions.
Reposted in
MyFoxAustin blog.
