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The T.E. Date of 7/1/2013 date assigned transfer eligible and was paroled a month later.
(KATV)-The man suspected of killing Realtor Beverly Carter, Arron Lewis, was out of jail on parole. The Arkansas Parole Board said Tuesday that because of the nature of Lewis' crimes, mostly theft, the board had no choice but to let him out on parole.
“We can give them a course of action or a program. But once they complete that, the statute says they will be transferred to parole supervision at that time, which was the case with Mr. Lewis,” Chairman of the Arkansas Parole Board, John Felts said.
Lewis has felonies outside of Arkansas, in Utah and Kansas City.
“In his case, those previous felonies were all committed outside of the state or with the federal system, so none of the previous were Arkansas cases, had they been, the outcome might have been different,” Felts said.
Arron Lewis was given parole in August 2013. Within that time, police reports show Lewis had several calls to police placed against him. Including a woman who he gave a ride home, saying he was harassing her.
Arkansas Community Corrections, which monitors parolees, says they can't keep track of parolees when they simply just pop up in police reports. Officers are only notified if the parolee is arrested.
“Not unless there was a report made to the officer or the office, or there was an arrest report,” said Sheila Sharp, director of ACC.
In another report, Lewis allegedly made a threat to a couple, saying “I'm going **** up your house and your family. But since there was no arrest made, this situation would not have likely been reported to his parole officer.
http://www.katv.com/story/26670703/board-explains-why-arron-lewis-was-given-parole
(KATV)-The man suspected of killing Realtor Beverly Carter, Arron Lewis, was out of jail on parole. The Arkansas Parole Board said Tuesday that because of the nature of Lewis' crimes, mostly theft, the board had no choice but to let him out on parole.
“We can give them a course of action or a program. But once they complete that, the statute says they will be transferred to parole supervision at that time, which was the case with Mr. Lewis,” Chairman of the Arkansas Parole Board, John Felts said.
Lewis has felonies outside of Arkansas, in Utah and Kansas City.
“In his case, those previous felonies were all committed outside of the state or with the federal system, so none of the previous were Arkansas cases, had they been, the outcome might have been different,” Felts said.
Arron Lewis was given parole in August 2013. Within that time, police reports show Lewis had several calls to police placed against him. Including a woman who he gave a ride home, saying he was harassing her.
Arkansas Community Corrections, which monitors parolees, says they can't keep track of parolees when they simply just pop up in police reports. Officers are only notified if the parolee is arrested.
“Not unless there was a report made to the officer or the office, or there was an arrest report,” said Sheila Sharp, director of ACC.
In another report, Lewis allegedly made a threat to a couple, saying “I'm going **** up your house and your family. But since there was no arrest made, this situation would not have likely been reported to his parole officer.
http://www.katv.com/story/26670703/board-explains-why-arron-lewis-was-given-parole