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By Hananna Kambich
Star Staff Writer 1/22/21
Thursday morning Tim Crews a Custer County Detention Sergeant appeared before Judge Ken Stein in Miles City City Court on in order to show cause due to failing to collect bond on an inmate who had a warrant out for their arrest.
Allegedly, Crews was unaware of the city warrant on the inmate and claims it was never given to the jail.
According to Crews, the inmates file allegedly only contain warrants from Wheatland County and Custer County District Court. He was not on duty when the warrant was delivered from the city.
“I cannot take care of a warrant I did not know existed,” said Crews in court.
Crews mentioned the unique situation that COVID-19 presented to the jails and their inability to hold inmates on misdemeanor charges.
According to Stein, there was video footage of the warrant being delivered to the jail. Because of this, the warrant should have been on record because it had been served. Before the pandemic that caused jails to restrict their acceptance of inmates, Stein allegedly was having problems with misdemeanor offenders serving their sentenced jail time due to the jail turning them away.
This situation he has since been exacerbated by COVID-19 and people with a DUI charge cannot serve there 1 to 2 day service required by law. The previous day Stein had to waive a one day sentence on a DUI charge because he knew the jail was not going to except that offender.
Star Staff Writer 1/22/21
Thursday morning Tim Crews a Custer County Detention Sergeant appeared before Judge Ken Stein in Miles City City Court on in order to show cause due to failing to collect bond on an inmate who had a warrant out for their arrest.
Allegedly, Crews was unaware of the city warrant on the inmate and claims it was never given to the jail.
According to Crews, the inmates file allegedly only contain warrants from Wheatland County and Custer County District Court. He was not on duty when the warrant was delivered from the city.
“I cannot take care of a warrant I did not know existed,” said Crews in court.
Crews mentioned the unique situation that COVID-19 presented to the jails and their inability to hold inmates on misdemeanor charges.
According to Stein, there was video footage of the warrant being delivered to the jail. Because of this, the warrant should have been on record because it had been served. Before the pandemic that caused jails to restrict their acceptance of inmates, Stein allegedly was having problems with misdemeanor offenders serving their sentenced jail time due to the jail turning them away.
This situation he has since been exacerbated by COVID-19 and people with a DUI charge cannot serve there 1 to 2 day service required by law. The previous day Stein had to waive a one day sentence on a DUI charge because he knew the jail was not going to except that offender.