Alice Haddadin, Ayman Haddadin, Claudia Diaz Perez, Natividad Arteaga, Porfirio Ascencio (Booking Photos) |
SANTA ANA -- Authorities arrested five parents today for allowing their children to be chronically truant despite repeated warnings from the schools and police.
California law requires school-aged children to be enrolled and attend school and failure to comply with the law can result in juvenile court proceedings for the child or criminal prosecution of the parent(s).
The parents are charged with one misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The Orange County Register was there as police arrested Natividad Arteaga, 34, and her ex-husband Porfirio Ascencio, 43.
The parents are accused of failing to register their 14-year old daughter in class for the first three weeks of the school year.
By May 2011, the teenager had accumulated 10 unexcused absences and 28 late arrivals, according to authorities.
Police say they had been repeatedly warned about the girl's attendance problems and the possible consequences.
All arrests were made in the morning after the defendants' children had been taken to school.
They were booked into the Orange County Jail and released on their own recognizance.
They are scheduled to be arraigned June 7.
The parents face a sentence ranging from probation up to one year in jail and $2,500 in fines.
These are the first arrests of their kind in the County and were conducted by the Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (GRIP) teams from the Orange County D.A.'s Office, Orange Police, OC Sheriff and Orange County Probation Department.
California law requires school-aged children to be enrolled and attend school and failure to comply with the law can result in juvenile court proceedings for the child or criminal prosecution of the parent(s).
The parents are charged with one misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The Orange County Register was there as police arrested Natividad Arteaga, 34, and her ex-husband Porfirio Ascencio, 43.
The parents are accused of failing to register their 14-year old daughter in class for the first three weeks of the school year.
By May 2011, the teenager had accumulated 10 unexcused absences and 28 late arrivals, according to authorities.
Police say they had been repeatedly warned about the girl's attendance problems and the possible consequences.
All arrests were made in the morning after the defendants' children had been taken to school.
They were booked into the Orange County Jail and released on their own recognizance.
They are scheduled to be arraigned June 7.
The parents face a sentence ranging from probation up to one year in jail and $2,500 in fines.
These are the first arrests of their kind in the County and were conducted by the Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (GRIP) teams from the Orange County D.A.'s Office, Orange Police, OC Sheriff and Orange County Probation Department.
