Saturday, March 18, 2000
Man spends 2 days in jail mistakenly
Missouri error made warrant look like felony
BY DAN HORN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
When Jason Koors was arrested last weekend, the 18-year-old Terrace Park man told the police officer there must be some kind of mistake.
He spent the next two nights in jail trying to straighten it out.
Mr. Koors was finally released when authorities in Hamilton County learned that the charges against him resulted from a clerical error in Jackson County, Mo.
“I tried to explain,” Mr. Koors said Friday, “but there was nothing I could do.”
The trouble started March 11 when Mr. Koors was stopped for a traffic violation while driving through Fairfax in his father's car. While checking his drivers' license, the officer found that Mr. Koors was wanted on a felony warrant in Missouri.
According to the warrant, Mr. Koors had fled Missouri while on probation for a robbery offense.
But as Mr. Koors tried to explain, the warrant was wrong. He actually was on probation for a misdemeanor.
Although Mr. Koors did leave Missouri without notifying authorities, he should only have been given a citation for the misdemeanor violation.
“He never should've been arrested,” said Mr. Koors' attorney, Robert Karl.
Mr. Karl said his client didn't realize he had to notify Missouri authorities when he moved to Ohio with his parents in November.
He said it was just a misunderstanding that was worked out a few days later when Mr. Koors and his father, James, flew to Missouri to get permission to live in Ohio.
But before the confusion was cleared up, Mr. Koors spent two nights at the Hamilton County Justice Center.
A spokesman for the jail said Mr. Koors was released Monday after Missouri officials learned of the mistake.
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