It wasn't the recommendation of the Missouri State Highway Patrol officer who arrested him, but the Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney's office charged Matthew Charles Burkholder (DOB 1982), Neodesha, Kansas, with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, despite Burkholder's four previous drunk driving convictions and a blood alcohol test that registered at more than twice the legal limit.
(Note: Two of the convictions came from the same incident as Burkholder's drunk driving caused two people to be injured.)
Burkholder's vehicle was stopped in the roadway on County Road 138 north of Highway D when he was located by a Highway Patrol trooper who was following up on a report of a careless driver on I-49.
From the probable cause statement:
The driver, identified as Matthew C. Burkholder, said he was driving to Branson and ran out of gas. A computer check of Burkholder's operator status revealed his Missouri driver's license was revoked. He admitted to driving the vehicle. His eyes were bloodshot and watery. His speech was slurred. I detected the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath. I administered field sobriety tests revealing clues of impairment. He provided a preliminary breath sample with a breath alcohol result in excess of 0.08 percent.
A computer inquiry of Burkholder's criminal history revealed four prior driving while intoxicated convictions.
1. Arrested April 11, 2004 by the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Taney County, Missouri, for assault second degree, operated vehicle while intoxicated resulting in an injury (count one) and convicted on July 7,2005.
2. Arrested on April 11, 2004, by the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Taney County, Missouri, for assault second degree, operated vehicle while intoxicated resulting in injury (count two) and convicted on July 7, 2005.
4. Arrested July 8, 2015 for DWI- Persistent Offender, by the Greene County Missouri Sheriff's Office and convicted May 17, 2017.
Despite the charge being a misdemeanor, bond was set at $20,000 cash or surety.
On the arrest warrant, Judge Dean Dankelson checked the boxes that Burkholder "will not appear on a summons" and "is a danger to the crime victim, the community or another person."
11 comments:
Catch and Release Dankelson!
Another trash,lame duck, no balls judge FM this is ridiculous
The judge set a $20,000 bond, he didn’t set him free. Not sure what you want, it’s not a life sentence crime.
What you need to watch is the prosecutor pleading this out to a misdemeanor. That’s the real possibility.
Another, Drunk-Ass Criminal, Matthew Charles Burkholder, needs to spend a few Decades Locked Up and out of Society.
Dankleson set a higher bond than normal for the the charge. It was the PA who decided what crime to charge the suspect with.
What you need to watch is the prosecutor pleading this out to a misdemeanor.
HELLO!
The prosecutor has already charged this as a Class B Misdemeanor.
So maybe next thing you see in a year or so it will be reduced to a defective equipment violation maybe a horn violation before it's all done?!
Thanks for all the hard work enforcing the laws Prosecuting Attorney Theresa Kenney.
https://www.courts.mo.gov/fv/c/Information_FINAL.pdf?courtCode=29&di=4962310
Ok just so we are clear they are both trash, lame duck. no balls
Prosecutors should have charged him with Felony DWI
Judge should have said WTF is going on here
Judge probably knows what's going on.
It's not like this is a 'I have never seen this before!' moment.
What's the latest on the Carl Junction golf cart death?
Still no charges?
We need M.A.D.D. back in this area bad.
No we just need to follow the law problem solved
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