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Published:Thursday, August 21, 2008
The suspect unplugged his house arrest monitor, an agency said.
STAFF REPORT
YOUNGSTOWN — A bond hearing will be scheduled soon for murder suspect Reshaud Biggs, who was arrested without incident by Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force at a Boardman residence.
Biggs, who was under electronically monitored house arrest, was taken into custody at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday, according to booking records at the Mahoning County Jail, where Biggs is now lodged.
He was apprehended at the location of his house arrest just one hour after a member of the prosecutor’s office staff called the task force to notify it of the bench warrant that had been issued for him Monday.
On Friday, Judge James C. Evans of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court had revoked Biggs’ $100,000 bond at the prosecution’s request and ordered that the bench warrant be issued.
Martin P. Desmond, assistant county prosecutor, asked the judge to revoke Biggs’ bond because a monitoring agency reported Biggs had violated the terms of his house arrest by repeatedly unplugging his monitoring equipment for many hours at a time. Electronically monitored house arrest was a condition of his bond.
Biggs, 22, of East Florida Avenue, is accused in the Dec. 30, 2006, murder of Anthony Perez, 31, of Plazaview Court, who was fatally shot as he detailed a car on Clearmount Drive on the city’s South Side.
Biggs’ lawyer, Lou DeFabio, said Desmond called him Tuesday and told him Biggs needed to turn himself in.
DeFabio said Biggs told him he was prepared to turn himself in on Wednesday, and DeFabio said he had planned to accompany Biggs to court as he did so.
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How is an accused murderer out on house arrest over a year and a half after the crime was committed? If an accused murderer isn't jailable who is?
I agree Jeff, I give up trying to figure this one out?
what i dont get with most viewers is that you people got these young men guilty in the court of public opinion before they even make it to court..... Thats what is wrong with most court cases thats why these young men are getting the time their getting, behind public opinion... there is only one judge.....!And how many times do you have to put persons picture in a paper to make them look bad, what if you were in their place how would you feel? Innocent Til' Proven Guilty!!!!!! But instead viewer's got it the other way around...!!!!
Van...
Sir or madam,
I've read your post a few times now and am thoroughly confused. No one on this thread asserted that he was guilty, merely that he had been accused of the crime in court and got house arrest instead of incarceration. While I must agree that the fact that he hasn't stood trial nearly two years after the crime was committed is pretty ridiculous, innocence or guilt is not at issue with this article or thread.
Let me ask you, if your loved one were killed senselessly while detailing his/her car -- presumably in broad daylight -- how would you feel if the accused was on house arrest rather than in jail? Would you feel badly if the accused had his/her picture in the paper because they were suspected of killing your loved one?
Just take it easy, man.
Also, who is "viewer?" Are you on acid?
Martin P. Desmond, assistant county prosecutor, asked the judge to revoke Biggs’ bond because a monitoring agency reported Biggs had violated the terms of his house arrest by repeatedly unplugged his monitoring equipment for many hours at a time.
FAIL
YOU IDIOTS
BOND IS SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPOSE TO ENSURE SOMEBODY RETURNING TO COURT.
BY LAW IT IS NOT MEANT TO PUNISH THE DEFENDANT.
CHECK HIS CASE-HE PROBABLY POSTED A SIGNIFICANT CASH BOND ALONG WITH HOUSE ARREST BEING PLACED ON HIM AS WELL.
BEING CHARGED WITH AN OFFENSE DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD BE INCARCERATED. IT MEANS YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAND TRIAL AND BE FOUND GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY.
CIVIC 101
This guy is accused of MURDER..granted he has the right to be assumed innocent till proven otherwise, BUT, why let him out to potentially do it again (he has nothing to lose, if he is guilty). He wouldn't have been arrested if there was no evidence against him. Let's hope he doesn't decide to visit your neighborhood. Enough of this political correctness already!
YAH
THE CONSTITUTION IS POLITICALLY CORRECT.
Boardman, a nice place to call home! Gotta love those Boardman residents!
as was said in the other sta
as i said in my other comment... people have these young men already guilty by public opinion!you as a viewer dont know the circumstances of their case unless you are a lawyer or judge so who are you guys to past judgement on anybody! this is exectly why things are the way that they are in the society because of people passing bad judgement! people should not be so quick to past judgement unless they know for sure what they are talking about! how do you know?
Doc Dave, I'm with you and well aware what bond entails, innocent till proven guilty, etc. The point is that accused murderers in my opinion should be held WITHOUT being afforded the opportunity to bond out.
Make sure you put ketchup in the bag when I roll through BK next time, too. Fast Food 101.
KETCHUP?
I DON'T EVEN LIKE KETCHUP.
AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE A BURGER FROM WENDY'S....NOT MUCH OF A FLAMED BROILED BURGER GUY.
BONDS BY LAW HAVE TO BE "REASONABLE".....THAT COULD MEAN NO BOND....OR CASH BOND/SIGNATURE BOND/OWN RECONICINCE BOND...ECT.
YOUNGSTOWN JUDGES ARE USING HOUSE ARREST AS BOND NOW AS WELL.
MR. BRIGGS BLEW IT.....THEY GAVE HIM A REASONABLE BOND AND HE IS NOW IN JAIL.
DUE PROCESS PREVAILED AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES OUR SYSTEM GREAT.
HAVE A GREAT DAY......GO CHANEY COWBOYS.
Florida Avenue is not Boardman. Boardman is a nice place to call home kblair! It is unfortuante that the scum of Youngstown has been creeping in for some time now and will someday ruin it all together. We have a few select slum lords to thank for that!
When is this all going to stop? Another shoot out on Market street today. It makes me sick! Isn't there anyone willing to stand up in the ghetto and want to make it a better place to be?!?!
It's ashame you people are so judgemental when you all do not know him at all.I believe the saying goes "ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME".So let him be the judge of him.Not you people, because I'm quite sure none of you are perfect. & Y'all need to leave him alone & mind y'all business & worry about what y'all family members are doing.When y'all white folks are doing the worse killings & raping all of your "own" kids.Now,let the man be & let that be that. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY!!!! GET IT....NEED TO...GOT IT..BC I DO!!!!
To be fair though, you have to admit that it's not a stretch to worry about someone who should be on house arrest unplugging the device for hours at a time with no accountability, at large in the community. I'm all for giving someone their day in court and a fair hearing, but violating house arrest is a pretty big deal.
You play in dirt, you're gonna get dirty.
WELL SAID TB
HE IS WERE HE DESERVES TO BE NOW....UNTIL HIS COURT DATE.
You all need to realize that the right to bail is part of our Constitution right no matter what the crime is. Then you want to complain and get our rights taken away after our soldiers have fought so hard to get them. Pretty soon the way you people want to compalin we will be living in countries completely controlled by the government. The judge set a reasonable bail for what he saw fit under the circumstances. We don't know if the suspect really did it or the details. He hasn't been proven guilty.
The right to bail is not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution. You'd better read it again. It's in the Bill of Rights.
There are rights concerning unreasonable search and seizure, and speedy, fair trials, which I believe Mr. Biggs still retains. If probable cause exists, (which has been shown in this case,) then Mr. Biggs can be placed under house arrest. He's also receiving due process, which is another guarantee of the Bill of Rights.
This also does not seem to be excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment. If anything, house arrest attempted to limit both, and Mr. Biggs chose a different path.
its ashame how you people think it makes me wonder how we are living in this society let alone what we are living with and it makes me sick! do you people know this man off hand to be judging him like you are?do you indeed know for a fact that he did what he is being accused of? just say for instance it was you or your family member being accused of this how would you want the situation to be handled?would you expect them to be guilty until proven innocent or innocent until proven guilty? dont be so quick to judge someone unless you know for sure!food for thought!
Every man is judged by his actions in this world. This particular man is not being judged without context here. It has been determined by a jury of his peers that there is enough evidence to have him face trial for murder, while awaiting his day in court he choose to break the law (and he did this multiple times). I ask my self what he was risking his freedom for all of these times he unpluged. Innocent until proven guilty is one of the things that makes this country great, but so is common sense.
how do you know? your going by what the paper said do you know what actually took place in his residents?it could have been something wrong to cause this! you are being judgemental again!!!
This so called man not only killed one innocent man but also had his brother shot and killed, as he was the only witness to the first shooting. Yes, this is true not just something I've gathered from the news.
A beautiful young family was destroyed by this man and his cohorts without a thought. The Youngstown police do what they can to help protect witnesses to crime, but that doesn't stop these killers from stalking them and killing again - acting like wild, vicious animals. I take that back .... animals shouldn't be put into the same class as this killer.
Justice should and will be served - God bless the families that these kind of men destroy.
FIRST OF ALL 2OLD2CARE...IF YOU ARE 2OLD2CARE THEN PLEASE TELL ME WHY ARE YOU ON HERE???OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING IS EATING AT YOU...ON TOP OF THAT YOU'RE CRITICIZING THIS MAN & DO NOT KNOW HIM AT ALL..WAIT A MINUTE...DO YOU KNOW HIM???
BC IT'S SEEMS TO ME YOU FEEL YOU DO..TALKING ABOUT HIM LIKE THAT...AS IF YOU WERE THERE...WAIT A MINUTE..WERE YOU THERE???
LEAVE THE MAN ALONE & MIND YOUR BUSINESS..NO1 KNOWS BUT GOD SO STOP BEING SO JUDGEMENTAL & FALLBACK & RELAX,JACK...
Missez, what's you're relationship to the accused? You seem awfully involved. I can't really see what your issue with everyone that has posted here. He has been accused of a crime, and he was allowed out on bail with the electronic monitoring while awaiting trial. Are we to believe that everyone else is lying about the accused unplugging his monitoring device? They don't revoke bond unless you break the terms of said bond. That's the end of the story. You don't have a defense to this so why are you so angry? Personally, I feel better knowing an accused murderer is locked up behind bars where he can't unplug his monitoring device and roam freely amongst law-abiding citizens!
wow
great post mini
Missez, you are trying to pretend to be someone who you are not. I think that is apparent to everyone here. That being said, if no one knows for sure but God, according to your words, why are you so vehemently defending this person? Who appointed YOU God?
If anyone wants to about this man, look up his record. It's public info. Usually there's a pattern and the crimes committed get more serious (theft, drugs, assault, then MURDER).
Career criminals should be locked up! Like the "3 strike rule", if they are underage, maybe try rehabilitation and involve the parents because they probably need support or rehab. There are cases where innocent people get convicted too which is why I wont say yay or nay to what I think.
I hope whomever did this, gets what they deserve. It's horrible the way this young man died. I hope the family gets justice and I also hope the system stops letting multiple offenders walk the streets. There are people with 10 or more criminal charges that are walking the street everyday.
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