Teen Accused Man of Molestation After He Confronted Him for Reckless Driving in Viral Video — But Police Have Gotten to the Bottom of It

A California man who filmed his confrontation with a teenage driver over alleged reckless driving in a viral video was briefly the subject of an investigation after the teen made a comment about molestation in the footage.

Chris Lundstrom, a father himself, accused the teen driver of "blowing through stop signs" near a school in Napa.

"You guys think it's funny, I'm recording you to send it to the cops. We have a ton of people who complain about you all the time," Lundstrom said as the teen raised his hand to block the camera's lens. "Too late, I already got you. I got you on dashcam video blowing through stop signs, I'm sending it to the cops."

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"You guys have been talked to about it before by your principal, because they complained to you about your principal, so you guys need to stop. Do you understand?" he continued.

"Sorry about that," the teen said, agreeing that he would stop.

Right when it seemed like the confrontation was over and Lundstrom moved with his camera away from the car, the teen made a comment indistinguishable in the video's audio, but the parent took note.

"What's that?" Lundstrom asked, backtracking.

"You can't take videos of people," the teen said through the open window. "No, this is unlawful."

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The teen then got out his phone and said he was going to call 911.

"I'm getting molested, you touched me," the teen said.

"I didn't touch you at all," Lundstrom said.

"I felt you. They all saw you touch me," the teen said, raising is voice. "You molested me, fool. You molested me, fool."

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These last comments then had the local Child Protective Services and Napa Police Department involved in an investigation, KPIX-TV reported.

A news release from the police department Thursday though said authorities determined Lundstrom "never touched the driver of the vehicle," noting that the facts were "corroborated by the video of the contact between the witness, driver and passengers."

"There was no evidence to substantiate any type of 'molestation,'" the police statement said.

The driving actions of the teen, who was not identified because he is a minor, however, were reported to the Juvenile Probation and the Napa County District Attorney’s Office.

According to police, complaints about the driver "running stops signs, speeding, crossing over double yellow lines, passing vehicles on the left and not yielding to pedestrians in crosswalks" started rolling in on November 3. Police set up on the stretch of road on November 3 and 4 to try to catch the driver, but it was a "witness," presumably Lundstrom, who captured video on November 5 that helped police track him down.

Some might express privacy concerns over video being taken of a minor, according to KNTV-TV, but it reported residents saying they think safety trumps privacy.

"If someone is speeding by school at 45 miles per hour a kid could be killed," Russ Hagan told the news station. "It's not a privacy thing. It's let's make it stop."

Lundstrom told the Napa Valley Register that he too did unwise things as a teen, but he's glad the authorities were able to step in. Lundstrom also said he took the video down from his Facebook page because of disparaging comments being made about the teen.

“I was shocked by a lot of the stuff people were saying,” he said, calling some of the comments cyber bullying.

This story has been updated to include more information.