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Teen murder suspect released from jail without ankle monitor in Charlotte
WBTV.com ^ | December 12, 2019 | Alex Giles

Posted on 12/13/2019 10:47:37 AM PST by Perseverando


A teenager charged with murder has been released from jail without an ankle monitor in Mecklenburg County. (Source: WBTV)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A teenager charged with murder has been released from jail without an ankle monitor in Mecklenburg County.

17-year-old Michal Sio-Somah is one of two people charged for the shooting death of 24-year-old Calvin Haines. Haines was one of four people shot during a graduation party in uptown Charlotte in June of 2019.

A few weeks after the shooting, Sio-Somah was arrested and charged in connection to the killing. The teen was charged with first degree murder. Initially, he was booked into jail without bond, but court documents show the suspect was given a $300,000 secured bond on October 31 and bonded out of jail last week on Friday, December 6.

Sio-Somah was released just hours after CMPD chief Kerr Putney announced that his officers would no longer be placing ankle monitors on murder suspects.

"From now on, they're either going to have to be held in jail, or the judge’s gonna let them out. But we can't, in good faith allow for our people to monitor people who are charged with murder,” said Putney during a press conference last week.

Sio-Somah is the first murder suspect since Putney’s announcement to be released from jail without an ankle monitor in Mecklenburg County.

Marcus Philemon, executive director of CharMeck Court Watch, said he has already heard from people who are concerned about the murder suspect being out of jail.

“I had someone reach out to me today to say the west side is furious. We have 50 plus people who are ready to do whatever it takes,” said Philemon.

Court documents show that prosecutors are already working on keeping Sio-Somah behind bars.

(Excerpt) Read more at wbtv.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: charlotte; crimeanklemonitor; mecklenburgcounty; northcarolina
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Merry Christmas, Charlotte! Looks like you've gotten another "murder suspect" on the street just in time for Christmas.

Maybe he'll do something constructive while he's out of jail, like maybe a Christmas rap video. /sarc

1 posted on 12/13/2019 10:47:37 AM PST by Perseverando
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To: Perseverando

What’s this another Soros stooge somewhere responsible for this policy?


2 posted on 12/13/2019 10:50:01 AM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's a highway to hell.)
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To: Perseverando

Charlotte resident here...

My wife says she’s nervous that I carry all the time (CCW). Sorry babe.


3 posted on 12/13/2019 10:50:58 AM PST by moovova
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To: Perseverando

Yo, he look like he be a good boy yo!


4 posted on 12/13/2019 10:53:29 AM PST by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: Perseverando

rough looking dude.

what’s that bandage on his neck covering?


5 posted on 12/13/2019 10:53:30 AM PST by ptsal ( Media & DNC word game. It wasn't spying, it was just surveillance.)
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To: Perseverando

Makes good sense to stop pretending the cops can keep track of dangerous people with an ankle monitor. The real problem is the leftist judges.


6 posted on 12/13/2019 10:53:31 AM PST by madprof98
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To: moovova

I used to like visiting Charlotte but that was about a decade ago.

Once in a while, I get to the lake Wylie area.


7 posted on 12/13/2019 11:00:44 AM PST by wally_bert (Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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To: Perseverando

What’s a Sio-Somah?

Maybe the cops are hoping da ‘hood will take matters in hand to save the expense of a trial.


8 posted on 12/13/2019 11:04:42 AM PST by bgill
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To: Perseverando

The locals will dispense street justice within a week, if he’s too stupid to not be in hiding


9 posted on 12/13/2019 11:15:49 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: madprof98
Would you explain that a little further, please? where are the holes in it?

The article didn't provide the back story for the Chief's statement:

"From now on, they're either going to have to be held in jail, or the judge’s gonna let them out. But we can't, in good faith allow for our people to monitor people who are charged with murder,” said Putney during a press conference last week."

thanks.
10 posted on 12/13/2019 11:23:36 AM PST by stylin19a ((2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever))
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To: Perseverando

And they wonder why the crime rate is sky rocketing in this country.


11 posted on 12/13/2019 11:35:24 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: Perseverando

Did he have a tracheotomy?


12 posted on 12/13/2019 11:35:54 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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that is my take....the cops can only do so much and if the stinking judges let them out anyway, lets just hope its the judges side that gets the consequences.....

lets face it, and ankle bracelet is about as reliable to prevent crime as a restraining order.....

13 posted on 12/13/2019 11:45:13 AM PST by cherry
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To: Perseverando

So much for the BS mantra these gov’t pukes spew out about “making you safe”. Had enough of their con yet?


14 posted on 12/13/2019 12:07:27 PM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: Perseverando

Who put up a $300,000 bond for this murderer?


15 posted on 12/13/2019 12:09:46 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
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To: stylin19a

The back story appears in other articles on the policy. The chief simply acknowledged that an ankle monitor is hardly going to protect the public from a vicious criminal who needs to be kept locked up.


16 posted on 12/13/2019 12:12:56 PM PST by madprof98
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Probably the super liberal city council members didn’t want the poor child in jail for Christmas.


17 posted on 12/13/2019 12:14:48 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Only takes $30,000 cash normally.


18 posted on 12/13/2019 12:20:12 PM PST by gunnut
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To: madprof98

sorry...I was looking for a quick answer. I didn’t expect you to do my homework.
I did follow the back-story and the reason why the chief won’t honor it. (judges aren’t stopping the ankle monitors).
Chief talks like an L&O guy, yet the same Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department that won’t honor ICE detainer requests.

What could go wrong?


19 posted on 12/13/2019 12:27:41 PM PST by stylin19a ((2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever))
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To: madprof98

Exactly.


20 posted on 12/13/2019 12:30:20 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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