Dad accused of leaving 3-year-old son alone appears for court hearing (Pasadena, California)

Dad JOE LOUIE KURIHARA is accused of going to a party and getting drunk--and then "forgetting" that he left his 3-year-old son alone in his car. For 25 hours we apparently forgot. Freaking unbelievable. And after that, resisting arrest and battering a police officer. Now that's a classy final touch to this fiasco, isn't it?

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_17193305

Man accused of leaving son alone appears for court hearing
Posted: 01/25/2011 11:07:02 AM PST

PASADENA - A West Covina father charged in October with felony child endangerment after allegedly getting drunk and forgetting he left his 3-year-old son alone for 25 hours inside a car in a Pasadena parking lot appeared in court for a hearing Tuesday but was ordered to return next month.

A pretrial hearing for Joe Louie Kurihara, 23, was postponed until Feb. 8, Pasadena Superior Court officials said.

Kurihara is charged with the felony child endangerment count, along with four misdemeanor charges. According to police he had left a party in Pasadena with 3-year-old Dylan.

Police said they later encountered Kurihara staggering down a sidewalk and arrested him for public drunkenness. It wasn't until the next morning, after Dylan's family reported them missing, that police realized the father had his son with him when he left the party.

A Pasadena man helping police search for Dylan found the boy about 25 hours after Kurihara's arrest.

The misdemeanor charges against the defendant include two counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying law enforcement, one of battery upon an officer and one of public intoxication.

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