Good Deed?

We'll never know.  Two little girls should be thankful every day that we will never know.

Rodney Peterson at the very least showed a lapse in judgment when he offered two young girls a ride.  He pulled up to them and asked how far they had to walk.  The girls waved him on, and the encounter ended.

The girls called police and reported the man who offered them a ride home.  This I can understand.  We tell kids not to break the Stranger Danger rules no matter what, so the call made sense.  I would expect my nieces to do the same, including making note of the plate number just in case.

But then it gets weird.  Even if Peterson's motives were good, I don't trust a man whose Creep-O-Meter would include offering two 13-year-old girls a ride anywhere.  However, he has since been charged with disorderly conduct.  While not very bright, what he did wasn't a crime.  He accepted their no and went on, at least by the original account.

Something doesn't seem to be adding up.  There seems to be a lot wrong, but nothing illegal.  Then again, I'm not a lawyer.  What do you guys think?  Illegal or just really dumb?