You know hindsight is really an interesting thing. After reading these 10-2016 articles again it just brings up to me again that the LE putting that tracker on JM's truck 6 months later could have been they were fearful, for whatever reasons known to them, that JM might go vigilante. Having him destroy it and be arrested not very long after gave them a way to really scare him out of that mindset and make it seem to the public that he may be involved, keeping the W's off guard. The text thing BCI told LM still confuses but could have been a planted red herring?
I agree that we just don't know what was really going on...Hmmm....
According to LM, the reason for the tracker was a text they say JM sent at 2:00am, and because he did not pass a lie detector test. JM's attorney thinks the arrest was to pressure him to talk.
He had worked a full shift at his job and then the authorities picked him up at work and with no food or rest drove him to the city for a polygraph.
He was tired and hungry and that led to him not passing the test.
Now it's been almost 2 years so I believe that ship has sailed. I doubt it will be brought to the GJ since its been so long.
Charges in Rhoden case dropped, pending grand jury - News - The Columbus Dispatch
Posted May 23, 2017 at 10:19 AM
Updated May 23, 2017 at 4:06 PM
A Pike County judge has dismissed the felony vandalism and tampering with evidence charges against James Manley, whose sister was one of eight people shot to death in the Rhoden homicides a year ago.
County Prosecutor Rob Junk said he asked for the charges, filed May 16, to be dropped Monday. If the case is to be refiled, it would be presented to a grand jury, Junk said.
By foregoing the preliminary hearing that was scheduled for Manley on Monday and dismissing the charges, prosecutors were able to keep their potential evidence against Manley under wraps, at least for now. If the preliminary hearing had moved forward, investigators would have had to testify about why the GPS tracker had been placed in the first place.
FROM A DIFFERENT ARTICLE:
Manley’s attorney, James Boulger, told the Dayton Daily News that the charges were simply a tactical move from the start.
“I think they want to put some pressure on him,” Boulger told the newspaper. “Try to induce him to give them information that they think that he has. That’s what I think that they’re up to.”
He said that Manley, 40, lost his timbering job last week because of this case.