A burglary charge is very serious if you are an adult, but a minor will usually get Youthful Offender Treatment in New York, (or the equivalent in other states) and get a YO conviction, which is not a criminal conviction, but it will hurt you if you try to get a job with the government, police, FBI, or certain other matters. You need to talk to him about decision making, drugs, drinking, statutory rape, shoplifting, and all the other things young men and boys do for whatever reason. This shows he is not a good decision maker and does not understand that getting arrested will ruin his future, employment, reputation, and lead to a lot of problems.
Answered on Dec 09th, 2012 at 10:35 PM