Denver police crush sex offender's car

DENVER — Denver police have crushed a car belonging to a man who pleaded guilty to attempting to sexually assault a child.

Police destroyed the vehicle of 37-year-old Balazs Toth on Tuesday, saying it's a public nuisance.

The former Roman Catholic school teacher also received a 90-day jail sentence in the case, in which he was accused of going online to try to lure a child to a McDonald's parking lot for sex in December.

Police say a vehicle can be considered a public nuisance in Denver if it is used to attempt a sexual assault.

Toth was sentenced in June, also receiving five years of sex offender probation. His phone number isn't listed, and he couldn't be reached for comment.

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Information from: KMGH-TV, http://www.thedenverchannel.com/index.html

Comments

[VDogPC]

08:36 AM on 10/28/2009

What the heyyyyy!!!!!! Why did the article include the persons religious affiliation. Do you cite religious affiliations when a politician rapes the public with wasted pork programs, a criminal kills, a thief steals? I have never seen you point out a person as having been Jewish when convicted, or Baptist, Protestant etc. This is a disgrace. Heck, you won't even disclose the race of a suspect being sought! Is your purpose to promote hate against a certain religious group? Wasn't Ms. Huffington a strong opponent to the use of the term Muslim Terrorist?

[i-am-mouse]

09:03 PM on 10/27/2009

This is just a stupid publicity stunt by the cops. They destroyed his car as a means of extra-judicial punishment. This is the same thing they do when they seize your car and make you pay to get it back. If it was so important to seize it, then why do they let you buy it back? It is simply punishment for an alleged crime that has not been ordered by a judge. As such, this behavior by the police should not be allowed. If the guy had walked to the McD's, would they have crushed his shoes?