Comments about ‘Provo police apologize: boy reported missing was in their custody the whole time’

"They said he does not yet speak English and has never been in trouble with the law."

Sounds to me like he has problems obeying the law. Unfortunate that the Provo police made contact mistakes but that doesn't change the fact that they had reason to arrest him for some crime or offense.

An apology does not excuse the police from kidnapping. It doesn't matter what crime this boy committed he will have his day in court.
These cops should be charged with the crime they committed, they are accountable to the law just like the rest of us.

When the government gets away with mistake after mistake, getting off the hook with an apology.
While citizens get tickets and are accountable to idleing a car for too long or having there 7 year old not in a car seat, something is wrong with this picture.

The cops who kidnapped this child need to be charged with a crime and tried in a court of law.

@ Northern,
What the Police did was not good, but it does not justify other wrongs going without correction. You also seem to equate all wrongs as the same. You seem to have a bone to pick with all authority, check with your local Tea party as how to get involved.

Excuse me! Unless I missed in the article, what did the boy do wrong that caused him to be held by the police? You people talk about the crime he committed, what crime? You cannot tell me the initial officers did not know they had the boy in detention. I agree they should be punished under the law and be suspended without pay for there actions.

"Lance Colvin and his wife, Lilian, said Wednesday her nephew Lucas came to live with them three months ago from Argentina. They said he does not yet speak English and has never been in trouble with the law."

And is he living here legally?

Is anyone else out there tired of all the "mistakes" of the Provo Police Department?

@PHealy

Did you even read my article? I stated that the boy should be punished.

Phealy you seem to be more suited to a dictorial style of government like Stallin. As you certianly don't believe in the bill of rights or cops abusing power. When a cop can take a minor into custody without informing the parents, that is a scary day for freedom. Cops kidnnapping children is also against the law.

Ms. Molli,
Yes, a child can come here to live with relatives. Especially if his parents or immediate family in a foreign country may have passed on for instance. Though our immigration system is broken in some ways it does have some compassionate elements built into it.

Kidnapping? A little far here!

Um, unless this article has been edited since first being posted, it is very clear to me that the aunt was notified, and in fact, actually ASKED, if the police could have an interaction with her child. "Lilian Colvin said the police officer at Centennial Middle School called her Tuesday afternoon and asked if he could interview Lucas, and she agreed. But when Lucas did not come home from school, she had no idea what had happened to him."

Would your very FIRST question not be to the school police officer who had asked to interview your child?

All seems a little odd to me... on the part of the uncle/aunt.

Why did they not call the school when he didn't come home?

I don't know if missing persons checks to see who is in custody. Why would they agree to have him questioned but not insist they be present?

Utterlly inexcusable! The T Party mentality is scarring us into a police state.