Posted on 12/11/2009 7:11:56 PM PST by markomalley
J.P. Hale usually stands behind a pulpit, but this week he was standing in front of a police camera as they snapped mug shots.
The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office says this week the 73-year-old pastor was arrested and charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child. It’s a class six felony.
Thursday afternoon we showed up at Hale’s house to talk to the accused religious leader, but he had been advised by his attorney not to talk.
The Pulaski County Sheriff won’t give any details on the alleged crime or when it happened, but Sheriff Jim Davis did say it has nothing to do with Hale’s church, Newbern Church of Jesus.
Come this Sunday no one will be walking through the church doors, a sign has been posted at the Newbern church of Jesus saying closed until further notice.
When I asked Hale which church he ministered at he wouldn’t answer, he just said he had been preaching for 41 years.
The Pulaski County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Mike Fleenor, isn’t prosecuting this case.
He released this statement saying “There was a conflict of interest for the Pulaski County Commonwealth’s Attorney office to prosecute the cases against Reverend John P. Hale.
On Monday the Circuit Court appointed the Giles County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office to handle the case.
Therefore we have no further comment on the matter,“ Fleenor said.
It sucks being within easy driving distance of a creep like this. I’ll try to not listen to the voices in my head....
Why is this type of a crime such a low class felony? Hell drug possession is a class d felony or a class 4, I should say.
Be especially careful when shopping at the Walmart
Newbern is way off to the right in that picture. Strange place for that church
I know EXACTLY where that is. lol
Good thing for him I’m really not a crazed vigilante or anything.
In a more perfect world he would have already been weighted down and tossed into the New River before we even found about about this.
how do you capture the screen shots like that?
paste it into some image software (I use ifranview for this, because it's simple, but it's up to you)
crop unnecessary stuff out
save the image
upload to an image sharing site, like imageshack or photoanon
post just as any other image <img src="http://www.url of image site/filename -- from the image site"> (you can add the width= parameter (either pixels or "%" of window width) to make sure that it doesn't dominate the display too much, if needed)
i tried alt prnt screen and it didn’t work..
anyway, thanks for the info.
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