Uhmmm....he has a few other charges other than Maui-Waui....the VD PR Team really knows how to pick em'.....
TIERAY JONES FAILS POLYGRAPH TEST
( 05-02-2002 ) - Eighty U.S. Marines have joined the search of a San Diego landfill for clues to the disappearance of a missing South Bay toddler. But authorities say they have found nothing substantial in their search for 2-year-old Jahi Turner.
Turner was reported missing by his stepfather, Tieray Jones, one week ago today. However, investigators are now discounting the stepfather's story.
The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that authorities believe Turner may not have been abducted from a Balboa Park playground as Tieray Jones reported.
Investigators found inconsistencies in 23-year-old Jones' story, and results from a lie-detector test indicated deception.
He told police he left the boy alone in a playground for about 15 minutes while he went to get a soda from a vending machine about 150 yards away. When he returned, he said, the boy was gone.
But the Union-Tribune reported that evidence technicians found no fingerprints from Jahi on the playground equipment, such as the swings or the slide, indicating the boy likely had not played there recently.
Homicide detectives questioned Jones extensively on Wednesday, and for the first time confronted him about inconsistencies in his story.
Apparently, Tieray Jones is no stranger to police investigations and has a relatively extensive criminal history.
10/1997: Trespassing Conviction
12/1997: Trespassing Conviction
5/1998: Marijuana Conviction, Cocaine Possession Plea Bargain
6/1998: Failure to Appear
12/2000: Marijuana Conviction
1/2001: Probation Violation
6/2001: 10 Week Jail Sentence
7/2001: Burglary and Theft Charges (Dropped)
12/2001: Marijuana Possession (Case Pending)
5/9/2002: Due in Court in Maryland on Marijuana Possession
Investigators in Maryland have also confirmed that Jones has been questioned about a murder that happened in August of 2000. At this point the case is still unsolved, but Jones is still one of many possible suspects.
Meanwhile, searchers continue digging through a landfill for clues in Turner's disappearance. On Thursday, detectives got some much needed help from the Marine Corp.
""They're using those large motor scrapers there to excavated from the area that they're concerned to look into. We're hauling it out of there, spreading it out in a systematic way. We're using the track hoe to spread it even thinner. I would say the refuse is probably 18 inches thick right there, and then it's raked out just all by hand," said landfill manager, Gary Gobel.
Also, in a statement released Wednesday, police say the woman they spoke with on Tuesday, who was allegedly the woman Jahi's stepfather, Tieray Jones saw at the park, is not the right person.
"Investigators now believe that we have, in fact, not identified and spoken with the woman Tieray Jones described as being in the park last Thursday with two children. We now believe that the woman we did contact was not in the location Mr. Jones described the woman he saw as being."
Police are asking the woman and any other witnesses who were in or around the park to come forward and contact them at (619) 744-9521.
Police currently have no suspects in Jahi's disappearance.
At the time of his disappearance, Jahi had been living in San Diego for less than a week in off-base Navy housing near the park. Before April 21, he was living with his grandmother in Maryland.
Hundreds of volunteers have been trying to help any way they can in the search for Jahi, from searching the canyons of South Park and Golden Hill to passing out flyers with Jahi's picture in the streets of downtown.
If you would like to help in the search for Jahi Turner, call (619) 570-1070. Volunteers are meeting at 8 a.m. at the San Diego Moose Lodge, located at 1648 30th Street in Golden Hill.
Jahi Turner is described as:
Light-skinned African-American
Approximately 30 inches tall
Approximately 30 pounds
Black hair
Turner was wearing a blue, long-sleeve Winnie the Pooh t-shirt, blue nylon pants with an orange drawstring and gray tennis shoes at the time of his disappearance.
Anyone with information on the case is urged to call the San Diego County CrimeStoppers' anonymous tip line at (619) 235-8477 or the SDPD at (619) 531-2000.
Police Department spokesperson Dave Cohen said that informants could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
And local resident, David Curry, is offering a $10,000 reward for the person who safely returns Jahi to his family.
Curry also gave $1,000 to Jahi's mother to help with expenses.