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Man Arrested With Stolen Car; Deputy Finds His Dad’s Stolen Stuff
June 15, 2010
In a strange twist, an Escambia County deputy investigating a burglary and vehicle theft reportedly discovered power equipment taken from his own father.
Friday afternoon, deputies responded to an address in the 1400 block of Chippendale Road in Cantonment to investigate a stolen vehicle. A citizen told deputies that she was called by neighbors that reported her fence was open at a vacant home she owned. In the garage of the home, she found a vehicle, a motorcycle and several other items that did not belong to her, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report. She told deputies that she found her son asleep inside the home, and then she called 911.
Responding deputies discovered that the 2005 Cadillac Seville parked in the garage was stolen earlier in the day from 700 block of Jacks Branch Road.
While in the garage, one Escambia deputy reportedly noticed a generator and power washer that appeared from their brand and condition to be like those owned by his father. When the deputy called his father, the father discovered that the items had indeed been stolen.
Jason Ray Welch, 18, of Pensacola, was charged with vehicle theft and felony criminal mischief after he admitted to deputies that he stole the Cadillac, the motorcycle, a generator, tiller, and other items found in the garage, according to an Escambia Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
The Cadillac was damaged on the front, according to the report, but the owner said it was not damaged at the time it was stolen.
Welch is due to appear in court on July 2.
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17 Responses to “Man Arrested With Stolen Car; Deputy Finds His Dad’s Stolen Stuff”
Dixie Chick:
I’ll admit I might be wrong in calling the family dysfunctional, and I neglected to express my satisfaction that the mother turned him in. It might have been “tough love” but then it might have been pure vindictiveness or fear of dad’s wrath if she didn’t. If you don’t analyze these things, what do you say “Satan made him do it?”.
I really don’t watch Dr. Phil and only saw his show a few times. I’ve got my own background and training to speak from. I also wasted a lot of my own time “acting out”. But again, you’re right, the label of dysfunctional family could have been avoided. Family counseling for young offenders, when available, helps a heap. That, I’ll stand behind.
REGARDING:
“Some people watch too much Dr. Phil and try to analyze why people do things.”
Can you really watch too much Dr. Phil?
I don’t watch him at all, although I do see him in advertisements or some silly stuff every now and then, so I don’t really know.
The idea of getting into the minds of criminals is twofold. The simplest is if you know how they are thinking, you are more likely to catch them and stop them. You might also recognize the signs of someone getting ready to commit a criminal act against you or others. There’s nothing wrong with understanding criminal thinking to avoid that.
The second is to understand why people commit crimes and stop them before they do it., or to change their minds after catching them so they stop committing crimes. The reason we no longer talk about dungeons and prisons but rather penitentiaries is that we decided they were places to repent of sins associated with crimes and put them behind them.
It didn’t work, but that was the idea.
It can’t work because we also have freedom of expression, free will, weak humans and people who will tell each other about criminal actions or enterprises. Some will be tempted because they can see a gain in it. Outlaw drug dealing but keep it profitable and some will go into drug dealing.
Some will be tempted just out of curiosity. The, “I wonder if I could get away with robbing a convenience store?” crowd. Once they get started, they don’t always stop or don’t stop before major harm is done to others. (To balance things out, we also have people who hate to see known, proven criminals convicted because that will keep them from becoming doctors, pharmacists, police, teachers later in life. “He’d make a good teacher if he just didn’t have that rape conviction on his record, it sure is a shame about the record.“ “He’d make a fine policeman if he just didn’t have that robery conviction on his record, it sure is a shame about the record.“ Or maybe not, who knows what the laws are nowadays?)
There are copycats. The, “Hey, I never thought about shooting up a school!” group. You will notice an increase in all kinds of crimes right after they are widely reported in the news. The alternative is to not report it and not warn the future victims.
There are those who put family above anything and will beat up or kill folks for retribution. These people are mad when a mother turns in her own son at the start of his criminal career because they consider protecting him here and now more important than keeping him from getting killed down the road.
And since you can’t raise other people’s children for them and they have minds of their own anyway, crimes will persist and we will continue to wonder how we could have stopped them in the first place. Remember the campaign to be sure to lock your car and don’t leave the keys in it? DON’T MAKE A GOOD BOY GO BAD was the slogan. A good boy won’t steal anyway, and one who only refrains from stealing or committing any other crime out of fear of getting caught isn’t good in the first place.
But none of us is really good, not completely good (no matter how close some are) in the first place.
I guess there are also those who like to delve in the miseries of others to make our own lives look better. Mine sure looks better than some of these poor souls.
David for taxing criminals higher than non criminals for life
Thinker,
Some people watch too much Dr. Phil and try to analyze why people do things. Why do yall have to talk about the boy’s family and say they are dsyfunctional? Sounds like the mom was doing the right thing. By the way, I don’t know them.
i suspect that he wasnt in this theft operation alone…lives in pensacola and vehicle stolen on jacks branch road…..how did he get there?….his mom was totally right in her decision to turn him in….im sure that it was most likely one of the hardest decisions shes ever had to make.. tough love does work…..although i dont know of all of the details, i hope that his mom didnt go to her vacant house (with the suspicious activity) by herself to investigate….it could have been a dangerous situation that she found herself in..
He’s already out, think she bailed him out too?
I agree, the mother did the right thing here in this situation; I know that it was probably a very hard thing to do by turning her own son in to the law, but he has to learn a lesson from his actions. Great job mom… Jason, you should be ashamed of yourself for doing all of this; I do hope that you get the help that you need and learn from all of your mistakes, that all of this is very bad behavior and is totally just wrong of you to do…
Thanks David—my bad read. Guess I need new glasses. I’m sorry for the boys family.
REGARDING:
“A real class act—stealing from his own people in addition to others.”
If I’m reading this correctly, he was stealing from the father of the deputy who worked the call.
Note to self: If deciding to steal for a new trade, do not steal from those involved in law enforcement or their relatives.
But wouldn’t that potentially be everybody?
Note to self: Don’t go into theft as a new trade.
That boy needs to be taught a lesson !
As hard as it had to be, Mom did the right thing by calling the law. Been thru this with my own family member, and it’s a difficult thing to do. Hopefully he is still young enough that he can get the help he needs and become a functioning member of society.
Sounds like the kid may already be addicted to crack. That is the root of a lot of kids stealing because nothing is more important than the drug. His mother did do the right thing by putting his butt in jail and she needs to let him sit there. He needs to go through the entire judicial system now, while he is still young, so he will have a chance. Tough love is usually the best way, but should be started when the kids are young. What is cute a two is not cute at twelve.
Sure signs of a dysfunctional family here. The judge needs to order family counseling no matter the son’s age. This could get worse, even deadly.
In early adulthood, almost all of us act out in some way to “show our parents” how we were neglected, etc. But in the end we all have to act responsibly to maintain our sanity and freedom. This is pretty self-destructive behavior.
I wonder if that’s who stole my chainsaw a couple of weeks ago. I am in Cantonment also. How can we find out?
Yeah, like she would bond him out, she had her own son arrested. She could have just as easily made him return everything and made him pay for the damage to the car. Nope, let’s call the cops.
Sounds like the mother is trying to do the right thing to me. Turning in your son has to be tough.
I live close to this place and someone or something,, has stole my gas cans 4 times and two times I hope there car didn’t break down and then maybe i did SORRY hahaha!!!!!!!!!! that was not gas in that one that you got about a week ago….. just get a job you thiefs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go to the beach!!!!!!!!
A real class act—stealing from his own people in addition to others. I have to wonder if his family will go his bond to get out of jail.