I read this installment from the Post Dispatch,and it looks to be a very excellent series on lack of communication between LE agencies and how it effects ordinary citizens.
This section deals with a piece of crap named Eloy Williams, who should not have seen the light of day to begin with. Already wanted for rape in Florida, he was spotted by police in Georgia creeping around an apartment complex. As it ends up, after giving a fake name to police and being caught- he spends a night in jail for lying about his name.
His original warrant was coded wrongly by a South Broward county clerk, causing it not to show in the database. Coincidentally, Miami-Dade did not enter a warrant at all for missing drug court because they didn't want to travel to pick him up.
A 14 month sexual crime spree followed.
Darrin Bates had three warrants that were not sent to the database, including one for rape.
When Bates was jailed in eastern Georgia for driving a stolen car in 2006, authorities there didn't find any warrants, so he was labeled a low-risk inmate. He escaped three weeks later and forced his way into an 88-year-old woman's home.
As she prayed aloud, he beat her face so hard he blinded her in one eye.
Full text - Part 1
Part 2 when it comes
This section deals with a piece of crap named Eloy Williams, who should not have seen the light of day to begin with. Already wanted for rape in Florida, he was spotted by police in Georgia creeping around an apartment complex. As it ends up, after giving a fake name to police and being caught- he spends a night in jail for lying about his name.
His original warrant was coded wrongly by a South Broward county clerk, causing it not to show in the database. Coincidentally, Miami-Dade did not enter a warrant at all for missing drug court because they didn't want to travel to pick him up.
A 14 month sexual crime spree followed.
Darrin Bates had three warrants that were not sent to the database, including one for rape.
When Bates was jailed in eastern Georgia for driving a stolen car in 2006, authorities there didn't find any warrants, so he was labeled a low-risk inmate. He escaped three weeks later and forced his way into an 88-year-old woman's home.
As she prayed aloud, he beat her face so hard he blinded her in one eye.
Full text - Part 1
Part 2 when it comes
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