Missouri Jan. 6 defendant who scaled wall, carried weapons violated bond but avoids jail

[Eugene]

Source: Kansas City Star

Missouri Jan. 6 defendant who scaled wall, carried weapons violated bond but avoids jail

Judy L. Thomas
Tue, May 9, 2023 at 6:05 PM EDT

A federal magistrate judge on Tuesday considered whether to send a Blue Springs man to jail for violating his bond in his Capitol riot case after he was caught scaling a building while possessing knives and razor blades.

But after hearing testimony in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya decided to instead grant John George Todd III’s request to move to South Carolina to live with his sister and her husband while he awaits his trial later this year.

Upadhyaya swore in Kristen and Christopher Revels as Todd’s third-party custodians and transferred his pre-trial supervision from the Western District of Missouri to the District of South Carolina.

Todd will be restricted to his residence at all times except for activities such as employment, education, religious services, medical or mental health treatment and court appearances, according to the judge’s ruling.

Todd, 33, had been free on a personal recognizance bond ...

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[SunSeeker]

1. WTF

These seditionists have been treated with kid gloves.