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Michigan Probation System Is Broken

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Michigan Probation System Is Broken

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Here's an example...
A 29-year-old Detroit man has been charged in connection with a weekend shooting on the Southfield Freeway that targeted another driver, Michigan State Police announced Thursday.

Devon Maurice Todd was arraigned Wednesday in 36th District Court on a 30-count warrant, the agency said in a statement.

A woman told troopers the man had fired at her car on the freeway after they both collided near Grand River and Lindsay.

Among the charges: one count of discharging a firearm from a vehicle; four counts of assault with intent oot murder, four counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder; two counts of felon in possession of firearm; four counts of felonious assault; and 15 counts of felony firearm.

At his hearing Wednesday, Todd was given a $250,000 bond, state police said. His next court date is scheduled for Dec. 8.
What the article fails to report is that Mr. Todd is currently on probation for four counts of being in possession of a of fraudulent financial transaction device and is a convicted felon that served time for armed robbery, weapons - carrying concealed and controlled substance-delivery/manufacture.

If you would like to see the criminal past of Mr. Todd, you can do so here...

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2 ... ber=733354

A few questions if I may?

When was the last time Mr. Todd checked in with his parole officer? What steps was Mr. Todd's parole officer taking to ensure Mr. Todd was complying with conditions of parole? Here's the big one. Why in God's name is a person that has been convicted of armed robbery, a felony, and arrested with an inordinate amount of evidence for trying to kill a woman that he was involved in a traffic accident with, given an opportunity to be released on bond? This makes NO sense whatsoever.
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.
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Bryce wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 8:25 am Here's an example...
A 29-year-old Detroit man has been charged in connection with a weekend shooting on the Southfield Freeway that targeted another driver, Michigan State Police announced Thursday.

Devon Maurice Todd was arraigned Wednesday in 36th District Court on a 30-count warrant, the agency said in a statement.

A woman told troopers the man had fired at her car on the freeway after they both collided near Grand River and Lindsay.

Among the charges: one count of discharging a firearm from a vehicle; four counts of assault with intent oot murder, four counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder; two counts of felon in possession of firearm; four counts of felonious assault; and 15 counts of felony firearm.

At his hearing Wednesday, Todd was given a $250,000 bond, state police said. His next court date is scheduled for Dec. 8.
What the article fails to report is that Mr. Todd is currently on probation for four counts of being in possession of a of fraudulent financial transaction device and is a convicted felon that served time for armed robbery, weapons - carrying concealed and controlled substance-delivery/manufacture.

If you would like to see the criminal past of Mr. Todd, you can do so here...

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2 ... ber=733354

A few questions if I may?

When was the last time Mr. Todd checked in with his parole officer? What steps was Mr. Todd's parole officer taking to ensure Mr. Todd was complying with conditions of parole? Here's the big one. Why in God's name is a person that has been convicted of armed robbery, a felony, and arrested with an inordinate amount of evidence for trying to kill a woman that he was involved in a traffic accident with, given an opportunity to be released on bond? This makes NO sense whatsoever.
Good question. My other question would be can he come up with $250,000? If not then it’s a moot point.
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So here's another example from the pages of the Detroit News today...
Warren — A 35-year-old man was shot by a Warren Police Department officer early Thursday morning outside of a Madison Heights hotel, after allegedly attempting to run over officers at the scene and ramming a police car.

Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer said a plainclothes surveillance unit, acting on "credible info" that the suspect would be committing robberies, allegedly saw that happen in an Auburn Hills business. The suspect burglarized the business and stole the safe, police said. This was about 1:15 a.m.

the suspect allegedly drove toward officers and rammed a marked police car. An officer pulled out a gun and shot the man. Medics transported him from the scene to the hospital, where he remains, and is listed in critical condition. He is also in police custody, as police request charges.

the suspect is an absconder from parole supervision under the Michigan Department of Corrections, and described the man as a "career criminal" allegedly reputed to deal drugs and rob businesses from Warren to Clinton Township.
Again, if this person is a career criminal, willing to ram a marked patrol car, why would he be out on parole? And if he is, what kind of supervision is he under to make sure he stays on the straight and narrow? Doesn't seem like too much.

I think it's high time someone ask the director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, Heidi E. Washington, some questions and do a departmental review.
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Bryce wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:18 am So here's another example from the pages of the Detroit News today...
Warren — A 35-year-old man was shot by a Warren Police Department officer early Thursday morning outside of a Madison Heights hotel, after allegedly attempting to run over officers at the scene and ramming a police car.

Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer said a plainclothes surveillance unit, acting on "credible info" that the suspect would be committing robberies, allegedly saw that happen in an Auburn Hills business. The suspect burglarized the business and stole the safe, police said. This was about 1:15 a.m.

the suspect allegedly drove toward officers and rammed a marked police car. An officer pulled out a gun and shot the man. Medics transported him from the scene to the hospital, where he remains, and is listed in critical condition. He is also in police custody, as police request charges.

the suspect is an absconder from parole supervision under the Michigan Department of Corrections, and described the man as a "career criminal" allegedly reputed to deal drugs and rob businesses from Warren to Clinton Township.
Again, if this person is a career criminal, willing to ram a marked patrol car, why would he be out on parole? And if he is, what kind of supervision is he under to make sure he stays on the straight and narrow? Doesn't seem like too much.

I think it's high time someone ask the director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, Heidi E. Washington, some questions and do a departmental review.
End the war on drugs and it’ll free up much room for folks like this to stay longer. I’d rather have him in there than some non-violent person that got caught with half a gram too much weed.
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I wonder if this is the drug dealer from my childhood neighborhood. He rammed the cop car at his old house in the early 2000s after threatening his grandmother with a knife. His mother was a crackhead, and his father was a habitual purse thief. He had people coming in and out of that house at all hours of the day and night.

Although, I think he would be 33 and not 35.
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Another shining example...

Dequantell Hayward-Lee Jamerson, Paroled on November 5th, 2020 and under active supervision through November 2022.

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2 ... ber=570797
Flint man, 32, charged in robbery of Auburn Hills motel

Dequantell Hayward-Lee Jamerson, 32, was arraigned Wednesday in 52-3 District Court on a charge of armed robbery, a life felony, according Auburn Hills police officials. A magistrate set his bond at $25,000 and scheduled a preliminary examination for Wednesday.

Officers were called at about 9:30 p.m. Monday to the Hampton Inn on Featherstone Road near Interstate 75. They were told a man matching Jamerson's description entered the hotel's front lobby and robbed the front desk clerk, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money. The robber was last seen fleeing on foot toward Opdyke, according to authorities.

Police later located Jamerson in Pontiac where they say he tried to run away from officers and Oakland County deputies but was taken into custody.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 937851001/

This guy was paroled less than two months ago, and commits an armed robbery at a hotel and is apprehended.

Someone needs to take a look at the people doing the evaluation on people prior to releasing them into the community on parole. It's a reoccurring theme in which recently paroled individuals commit violent crimes soon after their release.

And, a "life felony" committed by a recently released convicted felon has a $25,000.00 bond set? Seems a bit low wouldn't you think?
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Another upstanding ex felon...
A 29-year-old Pontiac man has been charged in a drug-related incident in which he temporarily wrestled a rifle from one officer and a handgun away from another officer before being taken into custody, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.

According to a departmental release, Anderson opened a hotel room door and as officers were entering, he allegedly grabbed the rifle of the first detective and a second officer pushed him to the floor.

During the struggle, according to police, Anderson let go of the rifle and grabbed the second officer’s handgun but was pinned to the floor as a third officer took the weapon away. Anderson was handcuffed, and in a search of the room, NET officers recovered methamphetamine, heroin, narcotics, packaging material and a digital scale.

Reginald Todd Anderson was arraigned Thursday before Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court Magistrate Karen Holt, who ordered a $100,000 cash surety bond, no 10%.
Mr. Anderson was discharged from prison on January 23rd, 2020. Didn't even make it a year before being arrested for some really serious shit.
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Very interesting Bryce.
So here's what I ponder. These habitual absconders, are they deliberately trying to go right back in the clink because it's the only life they know? They are an outcast in our world?

3 squares and a cot on the taxpayer's dime is a heck of a lot easier than a felon trying to find someone to hire him or her.
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Mike Oxlong wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:31 pm Very interesting Bryce.
So here's what I ponder. These habitual absconders, are they deliberately trying to go right back in the clink because it's the only life they know? They are an outcast in our world?

3 squares and a cot on the taxpayer's dime is a heck of a lot easier than a felon trying to find someone to hire him or her.
If you get used to prison life it’s hard to adapt to normal life again. A lot of prisoners have mental health or developmental issues that compound adapting.
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I have been saying for years: we don't need more prisons, we need more firing squads.
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Mike Oxlong wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:31 pm Very interesting Bryce.
So here's what I ponder. These habitual absconders, are they deliberately trying to go right back in the clink because it's the only life they know? They are an outcast in our world?

3 squares and a cot on the taxpayer's dime is a heck of a lot easier than a felon trying to find someone to hire him or her.
Which is why I say our parole and probation system is broken. A good system would supervise, support, and guide upon release.

If they aren't gainfully employed, and stay that way within 30 days of release, with the systems help, back they go.
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It is broken. Thank Engler for decimating our prison, probation, and mental health systems.
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MotorCityRadioFreak wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:40 pm It is broken. Thank Engler for decimating our prison, probation, and mental health systems.
The damage inflicted on mental health under Engler was catastrophic.
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Are you guys insinuating that these folks are committing those crimes because of mental health issues? Armed robbery? Really?

Now, even if, as you claim, Engler policy was the primary cause of the poor quality of our probation system, that was 17 years ago. There have been several others in office since then. Isn't it their responsibility to fix problems?

Are people blaming Rich Rod for the reason U of M football is so dismal right now? The new guy is responsible for fixing things.
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