What would you do if you caught a strange man standing on a cinder block outside your bathroom window, watching your 14-year-old daughter take a shower? If you're a father in Baytown, Texas, you chase down the culprit, beat him to a pulp, then call the cops. It all went down last week when the teen girl heard a loud noise outside her bedroom window and alerted her father. Dad did what any dad would do and ran after the peeping Tom and gave him a piece of his mind ... and his fist. Geovany Ismael Torres, 26, was arrested and charged, and his mug shot is evidence of just how pissed the father was -- Torres' face is covered in cuts and bruises.
KTRK-TV interviewed the neighbors and they all agree that they'd have done the same thing had they discovered a creep was staring at their daughter in the shower. But, question: Is violence ever the answer?
Hell yeah it is! Listen, we're only talking about some bumps and bruises, no bones were broken, no stitches were required, so I don't see anything wrong with a father wanting to defend his daughter by laying into a man illegally leering at his family.
Parents are programmed to take any action necessary to protect their children and I have to believe that the dad in this case was acting on instinct. Can you imagine the rage that must have been pulsing through his body when he saw what was happening? A mother in Des Moines can probably relate -- when she learned that a child molester had approached her daughter at a public pool, she chased him down and clobbered him, as well.
When those Mama Bear and Papa Bear impulses kick in, there's not much any offender can do. Parents will fight to the death for their kids.
No charges were pressed against the dad, nor should there have been. He did the best he could to safeguard his daughter, and his community, from a creeper on the loose. You go, Dad, you go.
How would you have handled this peeping Tom situation?
Photo via Baytown Sheriff's Department
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That mug shot would have been much worse had this happened at our house. Without a doubt, my DH would have mangled the peeper. Dang, I hate pervs.
Ha! He got off easy.
Kuddos to this Dad. Any Dad I know would have done the same thing. I think my husband (if he was in this situatuon) would do the same or worse.
SHIT i would of done the same thing but since im a woman it would of beedn worse cause i would of used a Baseball bat
My husband would have snapped WAY beyond a few bumps and bruises. Me on the other hand...I would have opened the front door and let my dog out!! Let's see that slimeball outrun an overprotective newf/lab on a mission! Then when the EMS shows up to cart away the idiot I'd simply state I had no idea that he was trespassing on my property, my daughter had heard a noise and I let the dog out to investigate!