A Texas father has been found not guilty of theft after he took his 12-year-old daughter's phone away as punishment.
Ronald Jackson, 36, had been charged with theft of property of at least $50 but under $500 after taking his daughter's iPhone 4 when he found an inappropriate text in September 2013, WFAA reported.
A judge ordered for Jackson to be found not guilty on Tuesday citing insufficient evidence to continue the case.
Jackson had taken his daughter's phone away after finding inappropriate texts
He was charged with theft of property of at least $50 but under $500 at the time of the incident
He had been charged with theft of property of at least $50 but under $500 after taking his daughter's iPhone 4 (pictured) when he found inappropriate texts
Jackson had taken his daughter's phone away to teach her lesson after reportedly finding a text he thought was rude regarding another woman.
'I was being a parent,' he told CBSDFW. 'You know, a child does something wrong, you teach them what's right.
'You tell them what they did wrong and you give them a punishment to show that they shouldn't be doing that.'
The girl's mother, Michelle Steppe, said in court on Monday that she called police that same day who then went to Jackson's home and asked for the iPhone back, but the father refused.
'At that point, I decided the police don't interfere with my ability to parent my daughter,' Jackson told WFAA.
Steppe said that she was upset because the property was not his to take as it belongs to her and that she maintained the cell phone plans under her name.
'You can't take someone's property, regardless if you're a parent or not,' she told WFAA.
Jackson and Steppe are no longer a couple and were never married but had their daughter together, who is now 15.
Steppe's spouse is a Grand Prairie police officer, CBSDFW reported.
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Police phone parenting
Police phone parenting
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And a clue to why this story happened.Gob wrote:
Steppe's spouse is a Grand Prairie police officer, CBSDFW reported.
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For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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Obviously yet another cop who is right all the time, and forces this righteousness upon the weak and powerless.Gob wrote:... Steppe's spouse is a Grand Prairie police officer...
It amazes me the depth that the intimidating tactics by "police culture" practitioners can reach. Nothing seems to be off-limits, especially common sense. "I'm a cop... and you're not, you scumbag. Now you're gonna' pay." The culture must change.
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I assume this is irony, Ray. It would be a pity if some people, reading your post, went away nodding their heads as their knee-jerk sympathies are 'confirmed' yet again.RayThom wrote:Obviously yet another cop who is right all the time, and forces this righteousness upon the weak and powerless.Gob wrote:... Steppe's spouse is a Grand Prairie police officer...
It amazes me the depth that the intimidating tactics by "police culture" practitioners can reach. Nothing seems to be off-limits, especially common sense. "I'm a cop... and you're not, you scumbag. Now you're gonna' pay." The culture must change.
It may be that the husband (police officer) took it upon himself to visit the father and ask for the phone back, but it seems unlikely given the reportage. There is nothing to indicate an arrest and the father seems to have been far from weak and powerless.The girl's mother, Michelle Steppe, said in court on Monday that she called police that same day who then went to Jackson's home and asked for the iPhone back, but the father refused.
No, I think we'd be better served by your commentary on the bitterness of ex-spouses and how they fail to establish proper guidelines for their children. A legitimate question is, what kind of prosecutor allowed this to ever reach a court?
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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The police are the most dangerous street gang in the world...they're MS13 with badges standing in for facial tattoos.RayThom wrote:Obviously yet another cop who is right all the time, and forces this righteousness upon the weak and powerless.Gob wrote:... Steppe's spouse is a Grand Prairie police officer...
It amazes me the depth that the intimidating tactics by "police culture" practitioners can reach. Nothing seems to be off-limits, especially common sense. "I'm a cop... and you're not, you scumbag. Now you're gonna' pay." The culture must change.
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I always like my side much better. How can you read this and possibly think it as irony? Read the bulk of my posts. Do they ever indicate being less than serious? I think not.
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Irony? Thbbft! How dare you, sir.
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