Mugs in the News: The Faces that Made This Week's Crime Headlines

Mike K February 3, 2013 at 01:41 pm

Technical comments:
1. Mobile site only shows the mug shot and no caption. This is on an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 (running Android 4.0.4 - Ice Cream Sandwich). Touching the mug shot does switch it to the main one. 2. Switching to Desktop site is easy with the link at the page bottom. Switching back is not. I.e. Desktop site has no 'go to mobile site' link. 3. Desktop site mug shot scroll window does not work on mobile browsers. Well at least mine. It does however display the caption. But only for the first picture, since you can't see any of the other thumbnails nor does selecting one work. They all get 'blanked out' and the page is inoperable (desktop site viewed on Android). Hopefully the Patch tech team can get it fixed.

G. Hu February 3, 2013 at 02:46 pm

Same thing with my iPhone, only when you click on the photo it just takes you to the same page on the mobile site only in a new window. At the desktop site, I get the same thing you are getting.

Kalen Ponche (Editor) February 3, 2013 at 02:47 pm

Thanks for letting us know. The Patch team is working on a new mobile site, but it's not quite ready yet.

Denny MacMillion February 4, 2013 at 02:24 am

You guys need to review Jacob Hamilton He has a 4 year old little boy, and he is going to miss him growing up and would not even see him until His son could be 14 years old, That is messed up. He realy has alot of potential to better him self. He was just hanging around the wrong people. I know Jake and he was a very good person. This isnt some Hoodlem this is a Dad who has a responsabilty to be there for his son.

Mike K February 4, 2013 at 03:20 am

He is 20 and has a 4yo child? Sounds like he already has a history of poor life choices. Apparently in those four years he hasn't shown much concern for his responsibility. Let's hope for the child that the mother is better at parenting responsibility than he has been.
As much as I am a Father's advocate, that alone does not give Mr. Hamilton a free pass on criminal charges. Were his associates, Mr. Zamarripa and Mr. Liszewski also fathers? Should they get a pass too based solely on their ability to figure out how to make a baby and to convince a woman that they have the Mr. Right genes? Oh, and we, the public, don't review anything. Filing charges and prosecuting the case is up to the District Attorney. Sentencing, if convicted, is up to the judge. The judge decides what 'justice' will be meted out.

Mike K February 4, 2013 at 03:25 am

Mr Hamilton's mug shot clearly demonstrates a certain respect for authority and society's notions of property and ownership. If he cares about his kid and fatherly responsibility, he is not helping with that approach to resolving the situation he find himself in.

Denny MacMillion February 4, 2013 at 02:09 pm

If your so wise how many years could he be facing?

Francis Soyer February 4, 2013 at 03:54 pm

He looks like he is on the verge of tears to me... Looks like he got caught but isn't ready to handle the punishment, but tried to put on a mean face... bet the trears were flowing right after that!!!

Mike K February 4, 2013 at 06:37 pm

He was charged with second-degree burglary (Class C felony) and felony theft.
The MORS 558.011 penalty for felony theft (I'm guessing Class C) is up to 7 years (and 4 years for Class D) with conditional release up to the latter one-third of the sentence. So if he gets the max, non-concurrent sentences for both charges (assuming there are not multiple counts), then he's looking at 14 years in jail. I don't know what the judge's minimum sentencing guidelines are, but logically, time served would be the absolute minimum, if convicted.

Denny MacMillion February 4, 2013 at 11:46 pm

Just sad, he was a very good guy, And enjoyed the outdoors, always called me to go Fishing But had my hands tied latley Im 19 and i have a 8 mnth old baby girl., Ive never been in trouble my whole life, I should of been his good Influence, :/

Mike K February 5, 2013 at 01:06 am

You are not responsible for other people's choices or actions.
Be there for your little girl. And keep your little girl's father in her life for his sake and hers. Mr Hamilton doesn't seem to have that, for whatever reason, and it just got a lot harder.

M Brock February 5, 2013 at 02:59 am

Regardless if he has a child or was a good kid, he chose to hang with the crowd he was with and chose to break and enter. Do the crime. do the time!
If every person who has a child got a break for the crime they committed, no one would be in jail.

Scott Simon February 5, 2013 at 11:12 am

Brandon Dix. Excuses, excuses. You are who you hang with.

Scott Simon February 5, 2013 at 11:14 am

Key verb: Was. If you want to be an adult, act like an adult. Have a child that young, act like an adult and stay home with the child. Simple as that.

Denny MacMillion February 5, 2013 at 05:39 pm

Yeah Thats What I do Scott. I give my Baby full attention. I dont even Have Freinds any more.

Sscott February 6, 2013 at 12:59 am

Brandon this good person you want us to beleive out stealing
and headed to california wasnt thinking right 4yr back.instead of fatherhood which seems he knows nothing about should of been getting education or JOB and would you be so kind if it had been some of your stuff he stole. some people like to learn the hard way .dont worry about wheres he headed move on and learn from him.when you think your big enough to do a crime, be man enough to do the time.

Thomas J. Stein February 6, 2013 at 03:59 am

I wouldn't be surprised. He'll be doing time for a long, long spell.

Thomas J. Stein February 6, 2013 at 04:02 am

What Jacob Hamilton did was inexcusable AND totally unacceptable. You know, you people can't go around misbehaving like that, and Jacob Hamilton is going to pay the price for that...A very BIG price, maybe in the form of prison for next to forever.

Denny MacMillion February 6, 2013 at 04:34 pm

screw you Thomas Stein. People Kill people and only get 4 years In Prison, People Rob people at gun point and get 3 years in prison. Jake Went into a unlocked car and took 2 camera's . What he did was wrong But Dont blow this Out Its boundary . Jake Was going down a bad path because His Sons Mom left Him for another guy and This Left Jake in a depression. He was not going to California, He told her that So she would Worry. This Guy Was working his ass of not to long ago and they Owned a home together. When you loose the one you love every thing goes down Hill. Who wants another guy to be raising your Kid?

RDBet February 6, 2013 at 05:45 pm

The internet is where compassion goes to die.
Though I wouldn't doubt they have compassion for the mugshot of the guy busted for waving around a gun with road rage. I have impressions, but no real opinion on these cases without knowing facts -which frankly, I won't ever have time to find out. Good luck to you and your friend. Hopefully you can help his child out somehow

Maggie Rotermund (Editor) February 6, 2013 at 09:22 pm

@Thomas - your comment was removed for inappropriate language.

Mike K February 6, 2013 at 10:28 pm

Ignore @Thomas. I guess he got a little worked up. Good riddance.
Be a Dad for your kid. And if you an your child's mother split up, you need to know that the system is biased against Dads and you have to fight to keep DFS and the judges from allowing it. Because, for some reason, every mother I've seen plays the "single mom victimhood" card, uses the child as a weapon against the father, files false DV charges, denies the father custody granted by the judge, kidnaps them to a "women and children's shelter" (as if single dads don't have children to protect from violent mothers), etc. And your friend didn't help his case a whole lot by adding criminal activity to the factors the family court judge will be looking at in determining his child's access to his father. Just be the best friend you can to your friend.

Sarah April 3, 2013 at 03:15 pm

Any more info on Ronald Hargis?