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Court bans teen from dating without legal permission

Published by admin on December 22, 2009

A Wisconsin teenager who tried to run away to Tennessee with his girlfriend in a stolen car with a stolen gun has been given an unusual punishment by a court – which has banned him from dating anybody for the next three years without getting legal approval.

Jordan Christensen, 19, was placed on probation for three years Friday by Outagamie County Judge John Des Jardins who ordered, as a condition of probation, “no dating of the opposite sex without permission of your probation agent.”

Which presumably leaves gay dating as an option.

Christensen was sentenced on charges of theft of a firearm, auto theft and bail jumping for the May 26 series of incidents that triggered an Amber Alert.

Des Jardins also sentenced Christensen to a year in jail. However, with six months credit Christensen will be out in six months, after which his probation agent will have to rule on the suitability of any possible girlfriends. He is also prohibited from making contact with his former girlfriend.

“He just creates more trouble for himself,” said Des Jardins, who also banned Christensen from making use of any social networking sites on the Internet during his probation.

“I feel sorry towards the families,” said Christensen before his sentencing. “I realize the trouble we put everyone through. I am taking responsibility. I am guilty.”

Christensen’s bail jumping charge stemmed from an attempt to renew contact with the girl through her social networking page when he was out on bond.

On May 26, Christensen stole a gun from his foster parents’ residence, stole their car and fled the state with his 16-year-old girlfriend, claiming through a blog posting that they intended to get married.

The girl emptied her bank account and stole cash and a cell phone from her residence before they left.

After a missing and endangered child alert was issued, the two were picked up by police in Tennessee and returned to Wisconsin.

( source: metro/ postcrescent.com )

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