Dad teaches son tough love, snitches that he broke into cars, inc. cop's

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“I said, ‘You broke into a policeman’s car?’ I said, nah, nah, I’ve had it with you,” said Theodis Daniel in an interview KVUE-TV. "I said, ‘Man you gotta stop what you’re doing this is getting out of control.' I said, ‘You gonna stop?’ And he wouldn’t answer me. So I stopped it for him.”

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The teen confessed to his father during a FaceTime conversation with his son who was at an Austin apartment at the time. Daniel says his son admitted to breaking into and burglarizing about 250 cars that were parked along running paths and in shopping malls.

“I love him,” Daniel said. “But he’s got to wake up from wherever he’s at right now.”

Cristian Daniel, 18, is charged with one count of theft of a firearm. Austin police say he is also suspected in numerous other crimes since the beginning of the year, including vehicle and home burglaries.

Austin Police say HPD officer E. Torres was on vacation in Austin in early March when his weapon was stolen from his vehicle. Austin Police say he also stole a flashlight, a neon police set, a gas mask, a carry bag, an HPD ticket book and the Glock 43 and ammunition.

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