One2Snoop
08-21-2007, 10:48 PM
:eek: :cuss: California Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Admitted Pedophile Blogger Due to Judge's Error
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges against a self-described pedophile who was arrested last week after he allegedly violated an order that prohibited him from being within 30 feet of children.
Prosecutors opted not to pursue charges against Jack McClellan after they determined the judge who issued the order failed to set a hearing to argue its merits and had not given the 45-year-old transient proper notice.
McClellan was released from jail Tuesday following a court hearing. A cell phone message left for him was not immediately returned.
"We determined the judge had acted improperly by failing to comply with the notice and hearing requirements for issuing a three-year order," said Nick Velasquez, a spokesman for the city attorney's office.
McClellan was arrested Aug. 13 for investigation of violating the order when he was found near a child care facility at the University of California, Los Angeles. He had a camera with him at the time, but he told a local TV station that there was not any film in it.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294004,00.html
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges against a self-described pedophile who was arrested last week after he allegedly violated an order that prohibited him from being within 30 feet of children.
Prosecutors opted not to pursue charges against Jack McClellan after they determined the judge who issued the order failed to set a hearing to argue its merits and had not given the 45-year-old transient proper notice.
McClellan was released from jail Tuesday following a court hearing. A cell phone message left for him was not immediately returned.
"We determined the judge had acted improperly by failing to comply with the notice and hearing requirements for issuing a three-year order," said Nick Velasquez, a spokesman for the city attorney's office.
McClellan was arrested Aug. 13 for investigation of violating the order when he was found near a child care facility at the University of California, Los Angeles. He had a camera with him at the time, but he told a local TV station that there was not any film in it.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294004,00.html