Worried father of runaway arrested

Yesterday afternoon a 16-year-old Woodstock girl ran away with her 17-year-old male friend, after getting "found out" - being in the unoccupied family home without permission to have her "friend" inside the house in the absence of her parents.

Woodstock Police were notified of the runaway about 10:00PM. The kids were found by the sheriff's department at a farmhouse in the County after midnight (hello? curfew, anyone?) and the girl was transported to the Woodstock Police Department.

At the police station the father confronted the girl and allegedly poked her forehead with his finger, telling her that she was in trouble. And the result of that?

The father was arrested for domestic battery!

Then the police took the girl out of the mother's presence to question her and reportedly tried for 5-10 minutes to get her to say that her father had choked her! I mean, the girl was surrounded by people who saw nothing that approached such a claim. The girl reportedly refused to cooperate in making such a false statement. The mother was having a hard time getting access to her daughter, until the mother got advice by telephone to tell the police that they needed to get DCFS there immediately and before further questioning. And then, miraculously and within one minute, the girl was back with her mother.

All this happened about 3:00-3:30AM and the police reportedly told the man's wife that he was going to be in jail all week-end, because they were not going to take him to the McHenry County Jail in time for Bond Court, which is usually held about 7:00-8:00AM.

Now, obviously I know only one side of it, but enough to run up the flag. Watch for more information, including court dates, exact charge(s), names of officers involved.