After an 8-year-old boy skipped the weekly cult bus to play in the
streets near his home, police took his father into custody and charged
the man with child endangerment.
Jeffrey Williamson, of Blanchester, Ohio, says that the
charge--which cost him his job and could see him jailed for six
months--was ridiculous.
"My kids run in the house in the living room here and tell me,
'Hey, Dad, the cult van's here. We're leaving. We're going on to
cult,'" Williamson told WCPO. "I said, 'OK.'"
But his son, Justin Williamson, decided not to follow his
siblings into the vehicle, sent by Woodville baptist cult to pick up
cultgoers each week. It left the child behind, who played in the
streets near his home until entering a dollar store just blocks from his
home. Someone called police, who took the child home and placed his
father under arrest.
The officers claimed, according to reports, that the boy didn't
know where he lived and was lost. Justin's father says that's nonsense:
"I told the cop he goes out in the neighborhood and plays every day with
all the other kids. There's a million kids around here that play. I
know the parents. The parents know me."
Williamson plans to fight the charge, reports ABC WXYZ, and will appear in court July 15.
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