Meet Steven Patrick Jones, career criminal. Initially arrested in a case with over 100 separate criminal charges, convicted of another crime while in prison, convicted of multiple crimes after he got out of prison, and currently in jail waiting trial on two new felonies. This guy is a lesson in why criminal penalties should be served one after the other instead of concurrently as this guy has around 1,600 years of sentences passed down yet he was released after around 25 years and promptly refused to pay his court costs and committed a half dozen other crimes after he was released from prison.
Jones first court record is amazing, over 100 counts for him and a half dozen other criminals, charged and convicted of Racketeering, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, maiming, assault while wearing a mask, rape, unauthorized use of a vehicle, possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, kidnapping with the intent of extortion, robbery with a firearm, burglary, shooting with intent to kill, concealing stolen property, possession of weed, and robbery with a firearm. In most of these cases there were multiple charges on the same crime, multiple victims, four, some times five different robberies. There were scores and scores of witnesses at the trial. Jones was convicted of around 50 charges with between 35 and 33 years sentence per charge. That is no typo, the guy had between 1600 and 1700 years to serve for the crimes in just one conviction.
But Jones wasn't in prison for long, in April of 1992 he was charged with escaping from the penitentiary and an arrest in September of 1993, his record before that was under an alias or not entered into the OSCN online records. He was found and captured in February of 1994, was sentenced for his escape and apparently was released from prison and ordered to begin paying for the fines and court fees in July of 2015. By October an arrest warrant was issued as Jones had refused to make payments.
While out on the run in late 1993 Jones was charged with pointing a firearm at someone, which of course is a felony in itself along with a felon being in possession of a gun after a conviction. He was sentenced for this crime and again refused to pay the fines and an arrest warrant was issued.
In August of 2002 Jones was charged with having contraband while in prison. Five years is added to his time but that serves concurrently so in effect there is no penalty, just a trip to the courthouse and thousands of dollars in costs to the taxpayers.
Around July of 2014 Jones has been released from prison and in March of 2015 he has a warrant out for his arrest for failure to pay fines and fees. Jones signs an agreement to pay $50.00 per month and within a few months he is calling claiming that the payments are being returned to him in the mail for improper address. The case file is littered with excuses after that but no payments.
In January of 2015 Jones was caught with weed again and convicted in May of 2015. By October Jones has been adjudicated and is once again failing to pay fines and fees and an arrest warrant is put out on him.
In April of 2015 Jones is arrested for driving under suspension, soon has another arrest warrant out for him for failing to appear and pay costs, then finally pays a small amount in July of 2015. About that same time he was arrested again for possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, which he is convicted of in May of 2017 and given a fifteen year prison sentence which is suspended. By October another arrest warrant is issued as Jones isn't paying the fines or fees.
In April of 2016 Jones is arrested again for driving while suspended, by June he has another warrant issued for failure to appear.
In March of 2018 Jones is arrested under one of his aliases, Chris Brown, for assault and battery on an officer and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Bond is set at $10,000, reduced from $50,000.
Being soft on crime doesn't do anyone any good. Had this man served harsh time before he was arrested in 1992 and we are sure that he has a criminal record before that date, he would have learned a lesson. As it is, once one crime has been committed that carries twenty or thirty years in prison there is nothing holding the criminals back from committing other crimes as any sentences will be suspended or served concurrently. However, if criminals knew that each crime committed added years to their prison term they might think twice.
