Sexual solicitation of a schoolgirl let off with $500 bail

[Evo]

I don't get it, a 29 year old bus driver taking underage students on a trip enters a girls room and offer her money for sex and he's only charged with trespassing, and let go with a $500 bond?

What about sexual solicitation of a minor? What is wrong here?

Randy Y. Marshall, 29, of Kansas City was booked into the Harris County, Texas, jail Tuesday on a $500 bond for trespassing.

According to the Houston police report, a 17-year-old student from Brookside Frontier and Math and Science School was in her room alone Tuesday morning after a roommate stepped out and left the door ajar around 3:30 a.m. Police say Marshall entered the room and confronted the student, and then offered her money for a sexual favor.

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/22/2674362/bus-driver-accused-of-entering.html##ixzz1Eka88Q49

 

[lisab]

Well...it is Texas, hard to say what they were thinking.

I bet he won't be allowed to work around young people anymore...I hope, at least.

 

[Evo]

Well...it is Texas, hard to say what they were thinking.

I bet he won't be allowed to work around young people anymore...I hope, at least.

It's only a misdemeanor and is not associated with sex, so I don't see what's to stop him from being hired to be around under aged girls again. Misdemeanor trespassing? "oh I jumped over a fence to get my ball and the owner got mad".

Since when is sexual solicitation for money not a sex crime, and to a minor?

 

[Proton Soup]

is that age of consent in that state?

 

[Newai]

It's a breaking news article. Maybe the DA will file more serious charges once they have completed an investigation.

 

[redpenguin]

As far as the law is concerned, it's all hearsay unless they have some hard evidence (such as an outside witness or a confession by the suspect). Word-against-word generally doesn't win criminal cases. If he denies it, the prosecution has nothing.

 

[Hepth]

is that age of consent in that state?

17
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#Texas

 

[Evo]

But it's still illegal to solicit sex.

 

[DanP]

But it's still illegal to solicit sex.

Its one of the laws none observes and don't care about it. Men buy, Women sell. Usually. It happens everywhere. We would be better off without laws contradicting human nature.

 

[arildno]

But it's still illegal to solicit sex.

Hopefully, the bus company kicks him into the ranks of unemployment.
As for the illegality of sex solicitation, isn't it up to the judges to determine what is a proper fine for that?
500 dollars is quite a lot for a bus driver, particularly if he isn't going to be a bus driver for much longer..

 

[DanP]

As for the illegality of sex solicitation, isn't it up to the judges to determine what is a proper fine for that?
500 dollars is quite a lot for a bus driver, particularly if he isn't going to be a bus driver for much longer..

In many EU countries, solicitation is a minor misdemeanor, which is punishable by a small fee, as far as I know. Even that is too much, IMO. Solicitation laws are bigoted.

I see no reason why someone would be held with a larger bail for something like this.

 

[Evo]

Thread closed. This isn't going to be productive.

 

[Astronuc]

Its one of the laws none observes and don't care about it. Men buy, Women sell. Usually. It happens everywhere. We would be better off without laws contradicting human nature.

I don't believe the woman was making an offer in her dorm room at 0330. It was an unwanted intrusion on the part of the bus driver. His behavior is naturally sick.