Let’s say that yours truly or AWA or J. Kb is arrested with property we stole and a non-registered NFA in our possession. We would probably be in jail with a six or seven figure bail and no chance to see daylight in the foreseeable future, right? Hell, they would call our “favorite” Three-Letter bureau and demand they added federal charges to our basket of legal crap.
But if you happen to be a proper citizen of the great city of Memphis, you get to walk with the blessings of the system:
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — More information has been released about a bond hearing that put an 18-year-old back on the street just weeks before he was in a shootout with police, leaving an MPD officer dead.
WREG has obtained the recording of 18-year-old Jaylen Lobley’s bond hearing on March 7, after his arrest for having two stolen vehicles and a Glock converted into a machine gun.
What happened at Jaylen Lobley’s bond hearing (wkrn.com)
He was just a poor “yute” caught in the vortex of Society and apparently the Judicial Powers felt he was a victim.
Judicial Commissioner Chris Ingram was hearing the case to determine if Lobley’s bond would stay at $10,000. The state is able to argue at those hearings if they think the bond should be changed.
“He is 18 so there will obviously be no prior criminal record as far as adult court. I can’t attest to his juvenile record or bring that up,” he said.
We know nothing” AKA “We reached a decision with the information we had at the time. sorry we fucked up” excuse.
He says the $10,000 bond does seem low, but since Lobley was to be in court the next day, there was no need to adjust it.
“My suggestion is to keep it the same, but if the court is inclined to lower it, I won’t be upset at that,” he said.
The Judicial Commissioner did lower the bond. In fact, he released Lobley on his own recognizance, without Lobley having to pay anything.
TADA! Go free, young man and let that be a lesson to you: Crime does not pay, but it does not cost you either.
Just weeks later, Lobley and a 17-year-old were in a shoot out with Memphis Police. Lobley and Police Officer Joseph McKinney were killed.
And on that, it has come out that the officer succumbed to friendly fire according to the local D.A. The same people who apparently “misspoke” trying to distance themselves from Lobley’s release.
Shortly after the shooting, the District Attorney’s Office released a statement saying, “The Bond was granted by a Judicial Commissioner following a hearing where our office strongly argued against lowering the bond, citing the defendant’s danger to the community.”
Unfortunately, the recording shows the prosecuting attorney did not put up a fight at all as quoted above.
I wanted to go to Memphis just to check the Bass Pro and the museums inside. Not even staying in the anywhere in city, but bedding somewhere way outside Shelby County.
I truly do not know if it is worth the risk.
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