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In an appearance before Judge Jerry Day in Walker County Magistrate Court Wednesday afternoon, Harbin “Ben” Chaffin was granted bond totaling $10,000 on two charges.....................
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Rome Judicial Circuit District Attorney Leigh Patterson requested the denial of bond, saying the criteria under state code has been met.
“The computer invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence charges go absolutely to the heart of the criteria that allows this court to deny bond,” she said.
Day disagreed. “Had Mr. Chaffin made bond (last time) and gotten out and started doing things to try to cover up and obstruct I might feel different, but I don’t think some inconsistent statements is enough to keep him incarcerated.”
Such statements were laid out by Patterson in reference to the hours of investigative interviews of Chaffin.
She pointed out that on March 27 Chaffin told a GBI agent that he accessed Theresa Parker’s MSN e-mail account with a password “that was written down.”
“He admitted to this agent that he had gone into Theresa Parker’s computer and discovered details about this trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn.,” Patterson said, adding that Chaffin did not mention to the agent that he had e-mailed to his own account, printed it, and cut off the top to conceal his act...........
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Theresa Parker’s sisters and mother were present at the hearing, and said afterward that they feel Judge Day’s decision to grant bond is a disgrace
“I feel that Jerry Day should recuse himself from this case for the same reasons as Buzz Franklin and his staff did,” said sister Hilda Wilson. “He has had dealings in the courts with Ben Chaffin and he should not preside over his legal fate.”
