Daily Stormer
April 15, 2014
Obviously, it would have been racist to report the violations.
A probation officer who could have asked the court to lock up a 16-year-old now charged with killing a father to be has resigned, a Marion County judge said Friday.
Court documents show that Simeon Adams of Indianapolis was free to roam the streets for a month while awaiting a hearing on 13 probation violations. For nine of them, Adams was not home when the officer, Tracy McDonald, visited to check on his house arrest.
McDonald could have asked for an arrest warrant after the third violation, which occurred Feb. 15. That would have kept Adams in detention until his April 7 hearing date.
In late March and early April, Adams went on a gun-toting rampage that left Nathan Trapuzzano, 24, dead; a teenager injured; and Adams with a gunshot wound to the neck, police said. They also suspect Adams and another youth of stealing dozens of weapons March 22 from a Clermont, Ind., gun shop during the spree.
McDonald didn’t report any probation violations until March 5 after the ninth house-arrest violation, records show. Even then McDonald recommended that Adams remain on house arrest until his April 7 hearing.
Marion County Presiding Judge David Certo confirmed that McDonald resigned Thursday, the same day Adams appeared for his initial hearing in Superior Court. Certo said he could not comment on why McDonald resigned or whether it was related to his handling of Adams’ case.
Juvenile Court Judge Marilyn Moores said she couldn’t comment directly on McDonald’s resignation. But she said she complained this week after learning Adams could have been locked up during the month he is accused of wreaking mayhem.
“I expressed my extreme concern to probation about the handling of this case,” Moores said. “When I saw there had been nine (house-arrest) violations, I was very concerned and upset.”