That's normally how I disable a car. I mean, it's probably harder to disconnect the battery or pull spark plug wires or hide keys or let the air out of a couple tires...

Well, there's one less person at the Fark party.

That kid is so screwed.

So he wanted to prevent her from leaving by disabling a system that wouldn't prevent her from leaving and in fact would potentially harm her once she got on the road?

Try taking the keys next time.

banana in the tailpipe.

Callous: FTFA
"He was afraid she was going to leave," Lockamy said. "He didn't sever the brake line, he pulled it loose. His intention was to make sure she would not leave by disabling the car."

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Dude needs a better lawyer.

I should say. Tampering the brakes doesn't keep her from leaving. Now if had detached a belt or lines to the battery or something...

FTFA: "Kevin has been the sole provider for my two-year-old nephew and has temporary custody. The mother was allowed to baby-sit at his home with the agreement she would not leave," said Lockamy.

Umm... When defending your brother, you might want to try to make it NOT look like a classic abuse case. Just sayin'.

Aidan: FTFA: "Kevin has been the sole provider for my two-year-old nephew and has temporary custody. The mother was allowed to baby-sit at his home with the agreement she would not leave," said Lockamy.

Umm... When defending your brother, you might want to try to make it NOT look like a classic abuse case. Just sayin'.

doesn't sound like abuse to me it sounds like he was afraid she was going to kidnap him. That said pulling the brake line out is a douchetastic move.

Ummm coulda just pulled the distributor, battery or any other number of things to get it from starting. Dumbass

Egoy3k: doesn't sound like abuse to me it sounds like he was afraid she was going to kidnap him.

Yet he was okay leaving her alone to babysit the kid?

Disabling someone's car to keep them from leaving your home* is the height of stalker creepy.

*possible exception for the drunk in your life

namegoeshere: Disabling someone's car to keep them from leaving your home*

Hey I never claimed that the guy was a saint it's just that I don't see him as abusive. Just stupid.

Egoy3k: Aidan: FTFA: "Kevin has been the sole provider for my two-year-old nephew and has temporary custody. The mother was allowed to baby-sit at his home with the agreement she would not leave," said Lockamy.

Umm... When defending your brother, you might want to try to make it NOT look like a classic abuse case. Just sayin'.

doesn't sound like abuse to me it sounds like he was afraid she was going to kidnap him. That said pulling the brake line out is a douchetastic move.

I'd agree with you (temporary custody to the father??), except then I would normally expect his sister to say "with the agreement that she would not leave with their son." or something like that. Maybe the sister just has a particularly crappy way with words.

Drowning Mona Thead!!

Evil Mackerel: banana in the tailpipe.

*fap*

"He didn't sever the brake line, he pulled it loose."

sever (ˈsɛvə)
- vb
1. to put or be put apart; separate
2. to divide or be divided into parts
from Old French severer, from Latin sēparāre to separate

I don't see how pulling it loose is not severing it. Maybe the guys lawyer needs a dictionary.

Callous: Dude needs a better lawyer.

That quote wasn't from his lawyer, it was from his sister. I say hang him and the sister, both.

There is nothing in the article to indicate that he even has a lawyer. My guess is that he's saying "I need a court appointed lawyer" on a regular basis.

NotARocketScientist: "He didn't sever the brake line, he pulled it loose."

sever (ˈsɛvə)
- vb
1. to put or be put apart; separate
2. to divide or be divided into parts
from Old French severer, from Latin sēparāre to separate

I don't see how pulling it loose is not severing it. Maybe the guys lawyer needs a dictionary.

In common use, "sever" means "cut" or "cut cleanly", despite the dictionary definition. That said, courts run on dictionary definitions.

foxyshadis: In common use, "sever" means "cut" or "cut cleanly", despite the dictionary definition. That said, courts run on dictionary definitions.

The quote wasn't from a judge or a lawyer, it was from the idiots sister. It's also a very stupid defense no matter how you look at it, because in court, they aren't going to care very much about how you disabled the brakes, but they *are* likely to care that you intentionally disabled the brakes.

It won't matter if he did it with a knife, a cutting torch, a bolt cutter, by pulling one end of the brake line off, or by training a mongoose to gnaw through it while pretending that the brake line is a cobra. The method isn't going to matter to the judge. The end result is.