aTm2004 said:

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It just keeps getting better and better. Any Beta voter should be ridiculed for the rest of their lives.

Close to 300 defendants in Harris Co. Jail last week automatically released due to computer glitch

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"None of the people who were released are really under any conditions," said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers. "There's no ankle monitors, there's no GPS, there's no distance requirements, and we don't know who these offenders are."

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Ferris Wheel Allstar said:

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not a murderer, but I would've been if I walked in on this. How in the F does he only get $200k bond? (That's rhetorical, I know the answer).

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HOUSTON Bond has been set at $200,000 for a habitual felon accused of breaking into a home on Monday and attempting to sexually assault a 6-year-old boy.
Boroskie Richard, 37, has been charged with burglary of a habitation. Texas Department of Public Safety records show he has a lengthy and violent criminal history.

According to court documents, Richard broke into a family's home and attacked a young boy who was asleep in bed. The boy's father heard his son screaming and rushed to the room, where he found Richard.
Details of the attack were read aloud in probable cause court.

"He heard the 6-year-old complainant screaming, found the defendant in their home and observed the defendant was on top of the complainant. We do believe that the defendant is a threat to public safety. He has committed violent offenses in the past," the prosecutor said.
Richard's court appointed attorney told the judge that his client lives with his three children who are temporarily being cared for by their grandparents.

An emergency protective order was filed. Richard is to not have contact with the 6-year-old, must stay 500 feet away from schools, parks and playgrounds, and is not allowed to have unsupervised contact with children under 17 years old.

Richard, who is already out on parole for allegedly assaulting a family member, is due to appear in court Wednesday morning. In addition to the $200,000 bond, a judge ordered that Richard must also be fitted with a GPS ankle monitor.

According to DPS records, Richard, who was born in New Guinea, has been arrested multiple times in Houston and Harris County for offenses dating back to 2006.

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We need the judge's name to start appearing in these stories. No reason to leave that out when it is becoming a key part of the story about why repeat violent offenders are being released on ridiculously low bonds. Anybody who is on bond for a violent offense that then commits another violent offense should automatically get no bond.

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txags92 said:

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Ferris Wheel Allstar said:

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not a murderer, but I would've been if I walked in on this. How in the F does he only get $200k bond? (That's rhetorical, I know the answer).

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HOUSTON Bond has been set at $200,000 for a habitual felon accused of breaking into a home on Monday and attempting to sexually assault a 6-year-old boy.
Boroskie Richard, 37, has been charged with burglary of a habitation. Texas Department of Public Safety records show he has a lengthy and violent criminal history.

According to court documents, Richard broke into a family's home and attacked a young boy who was asleep in bed. The boy's father heard his son screaming and rushed to the room, where he found Richard.
Details of the attack were read aloud in probable cause court.

"He heard the 6-year-old complainant screaming, found the defendant in their home and observed the defendant was on top of the complainant. We do believe that the defendant is a threat to public safety. He has committed violent offenses in the past," the prosecutor said.
Richard's court appointed attorney told the judge that his client lives with his three children who are temporarily being cared for by their grandparents.

An emergency protective order was filed. Richard is to not have contact with the 6-year-old, must stay 500 feet away from schools, parks and playgrounds, and is not allowed to have unsupervised contact with children under 17 years old.

Richard, who is already out on parole for allegedly assaulting a family member, is due to appear in court Wednesday morning. In addition to the $200,000 bond, a judge ordered that Richard must also be fitted with a GPS ankle monitor.

According to DPS records, Richard, who was born in New Guinea, has been arrested multiple times in Houston and Harris County for offenses dating back to 2006.

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We need the judge's name to start appearing in these stories. No reason to leave that out when it is becoming a key part of the story about why repeat violent offenders are being released on ridiculously low bonds. Anybody who is on bond for a violent offense that then commits another violent offense should automatically get shot

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aTm2004 said:

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It just keeps getting better and better. Any Beta voter should be ridiculed for the rest of their lives.

Close to 300 defendants in Harris Co. Jail last week automatically released due to computer glitch

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"None of the people who were released are really under any conditions," said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers. "There's no ankle monitors, there's no GPS, there's no distance requirements, and we don't know who these offenders are."

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htxag09 said:

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sts7049 said:

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aTm2004 said:

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It just keeps getting better and better. Any Beta voter should be ridiculed for the rest of their lives.

Close to 300 defendants in Harris Co. Jail last week automatically released due to computer glitch

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"None of the people who were released are really under any conditions," said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers. "There's no ankle monitors, there's no GPS, there's no distance requirements, and we don't know who these offenders are."

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what does this computer failure have to do with him?

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Just spit balling because it wasn't my comment, but....

Maybe the wave of Democratic judges and politicians in Harris county aren't really qualified to be in office. A lot of voters came out and straight ticket voted for Beto, thus voting for these unqualified politicians. Now, things aren't running very smoothly and things like this computer glitch are happening. So, I guess we could shrug and say "Shucks, that's terrible but it's a computer glitch, what can we do?" or we can hold the people who are in fact ultimately responsible, responsible.

ETA: The other component is this isn't happening in a vacuum.

Covid hits: lets just let every violent criminal out!

Covid cont: Let's just ask violent criminals to "Chill." All will be good!

Still Covid: lets just continue to let people out on their bond and not hear a single case because Covid is too dangerous, nevermind the fact that we can do these virtually.

And can't forget the lets play politics and take bond reform in our own hands and let violent criminals with a well documented violent history out on low bonds to commit the same crimes over and over.

So yeah, people will be a little less forgiving of a computer glitch that lets 300 criminals out.

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htxag09 said:

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It's not just judges. The director for the organization (Harris County Universal Services) that oversees the IT systems used was hired a year ago. He was most likely hired by an elected official(s). I know nothing about him or his competencies, but obviously someone in his team made a mistake or, at best, had a large oversight.

So, no, I don't see a problem blaming our vastly unqualified elected officials for this.

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TexasMom said:

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How can we see the resume? What is his name?

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Serotonin said:

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One critical thing to understand is that bond companies will post the bond and then only collect 1-2% from the suspect. I've read that Harris County often releases the bond automatically even if the suspect doesn't show on court dates.

So the whole thing is basically a giant scam where bond companies make a few thousand bucks and criminals immediately get back out.

There was an effort to require that suspects at least pay 10% to the bond company. So a suspect would have to pay $10k on a $100k bond. That didn't pass:
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/harris-county-bail-reform-rejection/285-22e6d1c9-f885-4571-bfc4-7a83e581eaed

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maroon barchetta said:

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Serotonin said:

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One critical thing to understand is that bond companies will post the bond and then only collect 1-2% from the suspect. I've read that Harris County often releases the bond automatically even if the suspect doesn't show on court dates.

So the whole thing is basically a giant scam where bond companies make a few thousand bucks and criminals immediately get back out.

There was an effort to require that suspects at least pay 10% to the bond company. So a suspect would have to pay $10k on a $100k bond. That didn't pass:
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/harris-county-bail-reform-rejection/285-22e6d1c9-f885-4571-bfc4-7a83e581eaed

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And we know who is responsible for that.

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Sea Speed said:

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It is insane to me the system has been allowed to get this broken. This whole thing is not an overnight transition. So many people have failed the population. I just wish all the violent crime only happened to the trash who continue to advocate for this stuff instead of the rest ofnthe citizenry.

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maroon barchetta said:

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Sea Speed said:

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It is insane to me the system has been allowed to get this broken. This whole thing is not an overnight transition. So many people have failed the population. I just wish all the violent crime only happened to the trash who continue to advocate for this stuff instead of the rest ofnthe citizenry.

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West U police don't allow outsiders to come into the city limits and commit crimes.

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RK said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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Sea Speed said:

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It is insane to me the system has been allowed to get this broken. This whole thing is not an overnight transition. So many people have failed the population. I just wish all the violent crime only happened to the trash who continue to advocate for this stuff instead of the rest ofnthe citizenry.

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West U police don't allow outsiders to come into the city limits and commit crimes.

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their "virtual gate" gets fools rolled up immediately.

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