There's a reason why no-contact orders work both ways. I realize abuse can really warp a person.Just saw this!! Lauren actually picked BR up at the bonding agent's office
It's a sad twisted story. Lauren was only 22, unfortunately - she wasn't given the time to learn how to break free of this monster. Her death is doubly tragic because of the mistakes made - specifically I'm pointing at the judge who allowed him to make bail and his Mother who posted it. The monitoring bracelet error was bad, but I don't think he would have complied with those terms anyway - so IMO it was a moot point.
It's simple, if he were still sitting in jail, Lauren would be alive. If he had been prosecuted and sentenced to prison - it's highly likely she would freed herself from him.
Thank you, I didn’t realize that was the case last night when I wrote that.Exactly.
I personally don't hold a lot of belief in the power of ankle monitors--we've seen so many cases where it turns out that no one is actually monitoring them to make sure conditions are adhered to.
It's horrifying that if what the reporter Levi Ismail says is right/if I'm understanding him correctly, that someone at Freedom Monitoring actual spoke to Lauren when Brice came in to get the new bracelet. By the 29th, Freedom KNEW the exact conditions of bail if they are claiming they had the parameters on the 28th and set them. Not only were they then fully aware when he came in on the 29th that he had violated his restrictions by leaving the county--for which they should have called police--but if they spoke with/saw Lauren theyknew he was breaking the no contact part of his order--and DEFINITELY should have called the police immediately for that.
But I think we all can think of one big reason that they didn't---because then they would have to admit to the police/court that they had screwed up big time. And they were all about CYA--both for themselves and their parent bond company.
Thank you, I didn’t realize that was the case last night when I wrote that.
I know this happens with victims of domestic violence. But it’s so difficult to comprehend from the outside looking in. Now I’m wondering if Lauren’s family knew she picked him up, at least her sister who she lived with. Did her Dad know, or at least suspect, they were together? I can’t imagine how difficult this was for her family. You can’t protect someone in this type of DV cycle.
This is one reason why DV may not seem to be taken seriously. I mean, why should a cop waste their time arresting (usually) him, because they know darned well that (usually) she's just going to bail him out first thing in the morning? A restraining order is also not going to do any good if she calls him up and tells him where she's living.Thank you, I didn’t realize that was the case last night when I wrote that.
I know this happens with victims of domestic violence. But it’s so difficult to comprehend from the outside looking in. Now I’m wondering if Lauren’s family knew she picked him up, at least her sister who she lived with. Did her Dad know, or at least suspect, they were together? I can’t imagine how difficult this was for her family. You can’t protect someone in this type of DV cycle.
That was a little confusing. So now Rivers is appearing in court in Mississippi. I guess he thought he could lie about being out on bond from Tennessee and the MS courts wouldn’t know. Lying has worked for him in the past, so he tried it again.
Oh FFS you have got to be kidding me?!!! This whole case is one mistake after another. But it all started with JUDGE BLACKBURN.![]()
Judges hear from bonding companies on Bricen Rivers case after GPS tracking miss
Judges heard from bail bonding companies on Thursday after Bricen Rivers bonded out of Nashville and became the primary suspect in his ex-girlfriend's death in Mississippi.www.newschannel5.com
She claims she thought she had to have a warrant to take him to jail when he showed up to get the new ankle monitor and she knew he had violated the terms of his parole in a big way????
M'am....you don't have to literally stick him in your car and drive him back to prison yourself. You can, oh....I don't know....CALL THE POLICE AND CALL THE COURT (call the cops first in case he drives off).
It terrifies me that she was working as a case manager for the TN Dept of Child Services. Because this really doesn't give me any faith in her ability to take action when it is needed. Guess it's a good thing she just recently resigned from DCS....after DCS opened an internal investigation into all her other jobs (from the news article two posts up).
This case just really really gets me.