Liberal judges keep releasing violent, repeat offenders who keep going on to attack and kill more people
Raymond Young and Delvin Clemons HOUSTON, TX – Josh Hill is the 232nd Criminal Court judge in Harris County. He is just one of many judges in the county that have no problem making the counties 4.8 million residence less safe.
According to a report, 174 Harris County residents have been killed at the hands of violent repeat offenders who were out of jail on multiple bonds.
Fox 26 Houston ran a segment entitles Breaking Bond, which highlighted the suspects and judges in two such cases. Judge Hill was one of those judges.
In October of 2021, Delvin Clemons appeared before Hill on weapons charge. Keep in mind, this wasn’t his first time in front of a judge. According to Fox 26, Clemons has seventeen felony convictions. Law Enforcement Today was able to confirm those felonies, along with 9 misdemeanors.
Clemons appeared in front of Hill on charges of a felon in possession of a weapon and was released on $15,000 bond. He posted the $1,500 and walked out freely.
A month later, he was arrested, again.
Can you guess what the charge was?
Yup. Felon in possession of a weapon.
Houston Crime Stoppers’ Andy Kahan said:
“A month later, he gets charged again for felon in possession of a weapon. You would have thought that would have been the end of the story, [but] he gets out on bond again.”
His bond on the second appearance was set at $20,000. He again posted the necessary $2,000.
So, for those taking notes, Clemons has 17 felony convictions. He was arrested, once in October and again in November, for being in possession of a weapon.
Each time, the 232nd Criminal Court judge granted him a low bond and he walked away.
The 44-year-old was subsequently arrested on April 26, 2022.
This time he is charged with murder in the shooting death of 46-year-old Keishan Betts.
According to a press release from the Houston Police Department, officers were responding to an assault-in-progress at a Clear Lake-area apartment complex.
“HPD patrol officers responded to an assault-in-progress call in an apartment at [270 El Dorado Boulevard]. When officers arrived, Delvin Clemons walked out of the apartment and told them Ms. Keishan Betts was deceased in the bathroom. Officers found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. Houston Fire Department paramedics transported Betts to an area hospital in critical condition with life-threatening wounds.”
Betts died of her injuries 8 days later.
Prior to allegedly murdering Betts, he had 3 other violent crime convictions and numerous felon in possession convictions.
Ironically, he had two other convictions that he had bonds set at totaling $210,000. One of those was for $150,000 for burglary of a vehicle with two or more convictions. The other was for $60,000 over his arrest for theft under $1,500 with two convictions for the same offense.
But why worry about a few measly weapons charges?
Clemons is now assigned to the 232nd Criminal Court under Judge Josh Hill.
Wait. Isn’t that the same judge that had already cut him loose twice on weapons possession charges?
But Hill isn’t the only one.
Raymond Young is a registered sex offender with at least twelve convictions, five of which were felonies, including at least one for felon in possession of a weapon.
On May 7, 2022, Young appeared in the 180th Criminal District Court with Judge DaSean Jones.
He was arrested and charged with assault of a family member.
Jones set his bond at $10,000. He posted his $1,000, and like Clemons, he walked back out on the street.
Police that the 44-year-old shot and killed 17-year-old John Smith just 2 weeks after he was freed on a low bond.
Young managed to evade police for almost 10 days before being apprehended.
Young is assigned back to the 180th and Judge Jones, where he is next scheduled to appear on June 22.
Like Clemons, Young had other charges across his rap sheet that carried much greater bonds.
His history includes three gun charges and 4 assault convictions, with two of those causing bodily injury.
Did we mention that he is a registered sex offender with two felony convictions of indecent exposure with a child?
As Fox reported, there was a time when judges were slow to allow felons to bond out on weapons charges.
Ray Hunt, Executive Director of the Houston Police Union supported that statement.
“That’s absolutely true. I talked to the District Attorney in Montgomery County. He says he remembers one time when something like that happened. When you’ve got people who are felons in possession of a firearm out on multiple bonds, getting arrested again, that person should get a no bond or at least a million dollar bond,” Hunt said.”
But for some reason, judges in Harris County seem to prefer allowing them to bond out.
“Very low bonds, where it’s only going to take maybe $1,000 to get out,” said Kahan.
As Fox 26 captioned in their coverage, this “alarming trend is costing lives.
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2 comments:
sounds like some parts of Texas are becoming more and more Californicated.
If you are going out in public, I recommend that you go armed. These animals are out there, and they are organized. Be especially careful at convenience stores, fitness centers, banks, big box shopping parking lots and sadly your home. They will follow you home to rob you. Texas is a Constitutional Carry State. Use the law to your advantage. Pack a weapon for self-defense.
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