Cops: Reveler leaves son in car for 25 hours

[Raiden]

3-year-old found 'in good shape' after drunken father forgets where he put boy

PASADENA, Calif. — After a frantic all-day search, a volunteer found the 3-year-old California boy allegedly lost by his intoxicated father safe, sleeping peacefully strapped into his car seat in a parking garage.

A private citizen who joined the police search located Dylan Kurihara Sunday night, some 25 hours after he was last seen leaving a wedding in an SUV with his father at the wheel, Pasadena police chief Phillip Sanchez told reporters at a news conference.

Sanchez said Dylan "is in good shape and none the less for wear," but said paramedics were examining him.

Dylan and his father Joe Kurihara, 23, left the wedding at a Pasadena Masonic lodge at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday night.

About an hour later, police arrested Joe Kurihara on suspicion of public intoxication, police said. The father was alone and on foot and police said he was too drunk to remember he had left the wedding with his child.

The Los Angeles Times noted that the garage was only two blocks away from the site of Kurihara's arrest.

The boy's mother reported the pair missing Sunday morning, which set off the search.

Volunteer praised, dad in jail
Some 50 police officers and many private citizens, including the man who found Dylan — identified by the Times as 39-year-old Rowdy Metzger — combed Pasadena and surrounding areas for about 14 hours until the boy was found.

Police praised Metzger's willingness to help, with the Times quoting Pasadena Police Cmdr. Darryl Qualls as saying that the volunteer joined the search because "he said he had some kids about the same age and needed to get out and see if he could help."

Police said they took Kurihara back to the wedding site to jog his memory, but he could not remember where he had left the boy and the car.

Joe Kurihara was being held on $10,000 bail Sunday night. Police reached by phone said they did not know whether he had hired an attorney.

"We're looking at all possible charges that would be associated with this," Sanchez said.

As a father, I'm very stunned that someone could've been so drunk at a wedding party to have forgotten about his 3-year-old son and left him in the car for 25 hours. I hope he will be charged and have his parental license revoked so he won't be able to do this stupid thing ever again.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

I'm a father as well and this sickens me! There is no way I could do this to my child. When you are a parent you have to be more responsible. There is no excuse for this!

 

[Star]

haha. more stories of fit parents.

sterilization should be law

 

[Star]

I'm a father as well and this sickens me! There is no way I could do this to my child. When you are a parent you have to be more responsible. There is no excuse for this!

too many irresponsible people have kids

 

[C. Lee]

It's damn lucky the kid didn't die in the car...the father needs to be dressed in Lady Gaga's meat outfit and tossed in the lion cage at the nearest zoo.

 

[Raiden]

It's damn lucky the kid didn't die in the car...the father needs to be dressed in Lady Gaga's meat outfit and tossed in the lion cage at the nearest zoo.

Haha, that's a punishment that fits the crime.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

too many irresponsible people have kids

Tell me about it!

It's damn lucky the kid didn't die in the car...the father needs to be dressed in Lady Gaga's meat outfit and tossed in the lion cage at the nearest zoo.

 

[Star]

honestly though. people shouldn't be allowed to have children until they can prove they are responsible enough to raise a child who will be a productive member of society. in my dream world, everyone would be sterile unless they were approved.

all world problems solved (mostly kidding, but seriously- overpopulation, ppl on social assistance drudging down society, parents in drug houses having 9 kids--> all these problems GONE)

its a dream though... only a dream... lol

 

[Morg]

It's damn lucky the kid didn't die in the car...the father needs to be dressed in Lady Gaga's meat outfit and tossed in the lion cage at the nearest zoo.

what and give the lions a bad case of digestive?

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

honestly though. people shouldn't be allowed to have children until they can prove they are responsible enough to raise a child who will be a productive member of society. in my dream world, everyone would be sterile unless they were approved.

all world problems solved (mostly kidding, but seriously- overpopulation, ppl on social assistance drudging down society, parents in drug houses having 9 kids--> all these problems GONE)

its a dream though... only a dream... lol

Only in a perfect world.

 

[Ghostvirus]

Seriously. I am not for a total police state. But we really need to start regulating who can, & can't have kids.

It would really help out humanity's future in the long run.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

Seriously. I am not for a total police state. But we really need to start regulating who can, & can't have kids.

It would really help out humanity's future in the long run.

Yeah or else our future will be packed with dumb@zzes!

 

[Ghostvirus]

Its already getting pretty full as it is.

 

[Wolfwood]

Lucky it's been pretty cool lately in California, if it had just been a week or two ago, this kid would've been left in a car in 100 degree heat.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

Its already getting pretty full as it is.

 

[Rhiannon]

That makes my stomach turn. It could have easily been a tragic outcome, either from the baby being locked in the car or the guy driving drunk with the baby in the SUV in the first place. Unbelievable that people can be so flippant about their defenseless children.

 

[Raiden]

Lucky it's been pretty cool lately in California, if it had just been a week or two ago, this kid would've been left in a car in 100 degree heat.

Yeah, Souther California have had rain and low temperature in the past weekend. It's a good thing it helped kept the child alive during that time.

 

[doih]

I'd just like to post a personal experience here.

I'm definitely not condoning what these people did, but this type of thing can happen to a lot of people.

I know this because when I was about 15 months old my dad left me in the car, in the middle of winter in Winnipeg. For those unaware it gets to be -30, -40 Celsius in Winnipeg winters. At least, before Al Gore
My dad basically just forgot I was along in the car, and went to Canadian Tire...when he got back he flipped out.

All I'm trying to say is that people sometimes do stupid or absent-minded things and it might not be because they're bad people or whatever. We all make mistakes and sometimes some mistakes are worse or have worse consequences then others.

 

[SuperFerret]

Mistakes happen, we all understand that. But people are condemning him for the fact that he had his kid with him while he was getting so drunk that he forgot he had his kid with him. If you're planning on killing all of your braincells in an attempt to be like the guys in the Hangover, hire a babysitter (and a lawyer for the lawsuit from said babysitter if you sexually harrass her in your drunken state, but hey, at least your kid will be okay).

 

[Raiden]

I'd just like to post a personal experience here.

I'm definitely not condoning what these people did, but this type of thing can happen to a lot of people.

I know this because when I was about 15 months old my dad left me in the car, in the middle of winter in Winnipeg. For those unaware it gets to be -30, -40 Celsius in Winnipeg winters. At least, before Al Gore
My dad basically just forgot I was along in the car, and went to Canadian Tire...when he got back he flipped out.

All I'm trying to say is that people sometimes do stupid or absent-minded things and it might not be because they're bad people or whatever. We all make mistakes and sometimes some mistakes are worse or have worse consequences then others.

Your father forgot, but that guy was so drunk he didn't even remember where he put his son. It's not the same.

 

[Rhiannon]

I think this situation is very different, doih. I am sympathetic to parents not being perfect. My dad took his eye off me once when I was a toddler and I wandered out into the road. Everyone from my mom to my grandpa to the lady who stopped her car and brought me back to him ripped him a new one, and he said he just stood there and took it because he knew he deserved it.

It was a bad mistake, but humans get distracted, babies can be surprisingly quick and sneaky, and it all happened within the span of a few minutes. This guy, however, wasn't merely distracted; he made the choice to get drunk while his son was in his care, and as a result, couldn't find him for a full day. I can't sympathize with him because he shouldn't have been drinking in the first place while watching such a young child. The baby should have been his priority, and clearly, he wasn't.

 

[doih]

Mistakes happen, we all understand that. But people are condemning him for the fact that he had his kid with him while he was getting so drunk that he forgot he had his kid with him. If you're planning on killing all of your braincells in an attempt to be like the guys in the Hangover, hire a babysitter (and a lawyer for the lawsuit from said babysitter if you sexually harrass her in your drunken state, but hey, at least your kid will be okay).

Your father forgot, but that guy was so drunk he didn't even remember where he put his son. It's not the same.

I think this situation is very different, doih. I am sympathetic to parents not being perfect. My dad took his eye off me once when I was a toddler and I wandered out into the road. Everyone from my mom to my grandpa to the lady who stopped her car and brought me back to him ripped him a new one, and he said he just stood there and took it because he knew he deserved it.

It was a bad mistake, but humans get distracted, babies can be surprisingly quick and sneaky, and it all happened within the span of a few minutes. This guy, however, wasn't merely distracted; he made the choice to get drunk while his son was in his care, and as a result, couldn't find him for a full day. I can't sympathize with him because he shouldn't have been drinking in the first place while watching such a young child. The baby should have been his priority, and clearly, he wasn't.

Yeah, I know there's a big difference. But whenever there's news like this, a lot of people (especially people who don't have kids or people who really have no awareness of the situation that transpired) are all like 'LOLZ!!!11 HANG THAT GUY' ...the reaction to a news story like this is little different than one where the facts aren't as egregious.

 

[Manic]

I can understand taking your eyes off of your kid for 5 seconds and losing them. I can understand your kid running off and getting hurt on your watch. Hell, I'm even patient to parents whose kids cry in public.

However, there are exactly 3 things a parent can do with their kid in public that will frustrate me to absolutely no end:
1. Putting your kids on a leash (That is a child, not a dog)
2. Walking in front of your children on a crowded walkway (seriously, I've seen parents at the mall leave their kids alone in the dust)
3. Locking your kid alone in the car

 

[S.A.A.D.]

White trash dude,the father that is,me thinks.

 

[Shemtov]

Seriously. I am not for a total police state. But we really need to start regulating who can, & can't have kids.

It would really help out humanity's future in the long run.

You know, you're proposing something called eugenics. You know who else proposed that? A guy named Hitler, and his followers, the Nazis. Perhaps you've heard of them?