JONESBORO, Ark. — Two registered sex offenders accused of failing to comply with Arkansas reporting requirements received $950,000 cash or surety bonds Wednesday afternoon in Craighead County District Court.
District Judge David Boling set bonds at $950,000 cash or surety for Michael Nelson ____, 45, of Lenox, Michigan, and April Genene ____, 44, of Jonesboro. Both are charged with failure to register and failure to comply with reporting requirements, a Class C felony in Arkansas.
When you see these kinds of arrests, you know the state is clueless concerning what does and what does not constitute public safety. Thanks Arkansas for showing us your skillful pursuit of pointless convictions.
Wait, haven’t the States said that registration is civil? Yet, they punish us criminally for “failure to register”. Basically it’s a variation of slavery
Pretty harsh being that the registry is only administrative. Would that apply, too, if you forget to register your vehicle (not just PFRs I am talking about here).
Sounds too Me 🤔 💭 Like they are admitting ,The Registry Is Punitive to those on them.
100% Harsh Punishment if you do not comply with the Regimes Rules.
Equally frightening to the absurd bond level set by the judge is how he got caught…
Automatic license plate readers detected his car in the area 9 times.
While the dollar amount is absurd. What’s even more frightening of the story, is that license plate readers picked up this vehicle and assumed it was him and that’s how we got the violation.
Can someone please explain to me how this is protecting these members of the public? Or are they on parole?
If not, the law must protect them equally.
It cannot function in a manner where their safety and well-being are sacrificed for the alleged safety and well-being of any other member of the public.
Unless, of course, they continue to be punished for the conviction of a listed offense?
How does reading a license plate equate to a person being somewhere? Just saying that to prove a person (not the person’s vehicle) is in a location, would require other forms of identification.
PFRs are the punching bag of LEOs and The courts.
But neither did any other criminal activity, nor did they re offend