Man Jumps to Death From Courthouse Hours After Child Molestation Conviction

Fox News ^ | 3/5/08

[Clint N. Suhks]

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A 52-year-old man jumped to his death from a Southern California courthouse balcony hours after being convicted of child molestation, authorities said.

Carlos Edward Tello was facing more than 20 years in prison when he jumped from a ninth-floor balcony of the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana Tuesday afternoon. A suicide note was tucked into his clothing, authorities said.

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Superior Court Judge Greggory Prickett declined to revoke Tello's bail, instead ordering him to return to the Fullerton courtroom by 4:30 p.m.

Just after 4 p.m. at the Santa Ana courthouse, an alarm sounded that someone had entered a restricted area, said Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.

A bailiff found Tello standing on the balcony and tried to wrestle him away from the edge, said police Cpl. Jose Gonzalez.

"He said, 'Nobody's stopping me,"' Amormino said, "and he jumped."

Tello died at the scene.

[trumandogz]

Good Work Carlos.

Thanks for saving the tax payer a little cash.

[BullDog108]

I thank him for saving us taxpayers the expense of feeding and housing him for the next couple decades. Now if only other babyrapers would be so considerate upon conviction....

[freeangel]

ditto—what you said.

[maine-iac7]

an alarm sounded that someone had entered a restricted area

How could he get to a restricted area?

[EyeGuy]

“He said, ‘Nobody’s stopping me,’”

‘kay.

[OKSooner]

Hard to say that a child molester "at least died an honorable death".

OTOH, he could have saved someone a lifetime of heartache if he had jumped off a building before he molested a child.

[Spruce]

I heartily endorse the former Mr. Tello’s method of dealing with his conviction. Well done you evil, vile monster.

[Nailbiter]

Easier to explain than he got a gun!!!!

[grjr21]

Carlos your timing sucks , couldn't’t you have offed yourself before molesting anyone

[Anti-Bubba182]

That’s the spirit!

[Clint N. Suhks]

How could he get to a restricted area?

Especially when they found a suicide note on him before.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Well, justice is served and the children of California are safer now and in the future.

No corrupt governor will be releasing this piece of sh*t back on the streets to prey on the innocents again.

This just brightened my day.

[Nervous Tick]

Maybe this will catch on. Why don’t we install upper-story diving boards on every municipal courthouse...

[Slapshot68]

Excellent, justice served. Too bad he didn’t come up with that plan before molesting the child.

[A CA Guy]

Great, saved public funds in so many ways.

[Brilliant]

Should have done so before he committed the crime.

[Dead Corpse]

Maybe all such cases should be held on the 9th floor or higher... As long as they don’t land on anyone.

[MeanWestTexan]

And they say there is no honor among criminals!

[MeanWestTexan]

“How could he get to a restricted area?”

Same way “guns” getting into gun-free zones, I suspect.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Maybe this will catch on. Why don’t we install upper-story diving boards on every municipal courthouse...

LOL!!!

I'm surprised Texas hasn't...

[Sir Hailstone]

Good.

[ken5050]

I’m starting a pool as to how soon the lawsuit is filed against the court/police dept..

[Red Badger]

A bailiff found Tello standing on the balcony and tried to wrestle him away from the edge,....

Which way?................

[dmz]

How could he get to a restricted area?
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LOL. I think the US border with Mexico is a restricted area, too.

[kingattax]

is there any way to organize a ‘group jump’ ?

[TexasCajun]

The story is not so much he committed suicide.

The real story is here:

Superior Court Judge Greggory Prickett declined to revoke Tello's bail, instead ordering him to return to the Fullerton courtroom by 4:30 p.m.

[Slapshot68]

“A bailiff found Tello standing on the balcony and tried to wrestle him away from the edge,....

Which way?................”

My response would’ve been, “why?”

[Clint N. Suhks]

You uncontrollably lurched on to the truth!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Good.

[Theo]

Was this man guilty? I’ve heard of some people being found guilty who were in fact wrongly accused. If he was truly guilty, that’s one thing. But if he was wrongly accused, that’s another thing altogether.

[ken5050]

You have FreepMail

[Fox_Mulder77]

He saved the taxpayer lots of dough.

[zerosix]

“Si yo puede!”

[fortheDeclaration]

He said, 'Nobody's stopping me,"' Amormino said,

Would that all child molesters have the same ending.

[GATOR NAVY]

He chose...wisely.

[Gaffer]

Believe it or not this same thing happened with the grandfather of the family that lives next door to my daughter’s family...glad to see that pervert take himself out also....

[WayneS]

Carlos obviously supported the death penalty for child molesters.

[reagan_fanatic]

May God have mercy on his soul.

I wouldn't.

[NathanR]

I isn’t the area that is restricted, it is the door. It is now a emergency exit and is alarmed and exits onto a balcony and stairs.
It used to be just a regular door

[processing please hold]

Child molester and suicide - double whammy - hell yawns before him.

[machogirl]

on behalf of his “survivors” (family) look for an enterprising lawyer to be filing a suit soon against the county for allowing him to off himself

[Jack Black]

Perhaps all convicted felons in LA should be given five minutes alone on the balcony after sentencing?

[Between the Lines]

Why don’t we install upper-story diving boards on every municipal courthouse...

How about installing Kevorkian machines in every prison?

[Oatka]

No corrupt governor will be releasing this piece of sh*t back on the streets to prey on the innocents again.

That was my first reaction. No "fnding Jesus", then getting a pro bono liberal legal team to petition for release, then getting pardoned - only to repeat the offense later on. All those involved would just shrug their shoulders and say "Oops!" and then look for the next new convert to release.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

The death penalty definitely worked in California in this case.

[flowerplough]

Yes, thanks, Carlos, for saving the tax payer a little cash. Too bad an alert guard couldn’t have double-tapped you a couple times on your way down, though.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

B/C analysis:

 

Element	Cost	Benefit
Overtime for Janitor at courthouse	$145.00
Fuel, depreciation for Medical Examiner's van trip to courthouse.	$316.54
Paperwork at death scene	$56.47
Food, Lodging savings for incarceration (18.4 years @ 26,400/yr.)		$485,760
Savings in post-conviction paperwork processing at courthouse.		$643.80
Repairs to bailiff's torn shirt	$12.42
Total	$530.43	$486,403.80
B/C ratio		917:1

I think we have a winner. Make sure they schedule like cases before the same judge, and make sure they're in the courtroom on the top floor!

[Pining_4_TX]

I was wondering about this, too. What was in the suicide note? I wonder if he either admitted guilt or claimed innocence?

[chiefqc]

Works for me, besides I’m on my lunch break.