Local law enforcement showed up Monday night to tell me that my 16 year old son was caught smashing pumpkins. We were told to keep him in the rest of the night, which we did. Thursday night, he was pulled over and told he was soppose to at home and was not allowed out of the house until Nov. 5th. The police officers are now telling me that they put him under "house arrest" until the 5th of Nov. Do they have any authority to do this without it going thru the court or at least talking to me first? (There were no charges filed) I feel that this is just a cop on a power trip telling me how to punish my child.