The Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney's Office filed a felony stealing charge against a Joplin man who allegedly stole mail from a woman's porch.
The complaint against Harold Lewis Appel III (DOB 1983) was filed Friday in Jasper County Circuit Court.
From the probable cause statement:
On December 31st, 2024, Victim 1 contacted the Joplin Police Department and reported that she observed someone had stolen mail from her porch.A review of the video footage revealed Harold Appel walking up to the porch and approaching Victim 1’s mailbox, he covered the camera with his jacket and then walked away from the porch.
As he was walking into the yard, Mr. Appel dropped several pieces of mail in the yard from under his jacket. Mr. Appel picked up the mail and left the area.
Jasper County Circuit Court records indicate Judge Dean Dankelson revoked Appel's probation on a receiving stolen property charge February 5, 2024. Dankelson sentenced Appel to seven years in prison 2021 but placed him in a program that allowed him to be released after four months and placed on probation.
Between that time and February 5, 2024, at least 11 probation violation reports were issued.
3 comments:
Another stellar job by our local court system! Way to keep the criminals on the street guys! I wonder if it ever occurs to these people that they live in the same community they're allowing these people to break the law in and that maybe someday them or one of their family might be a victim. Our court system is a joke.
Another Career Criminal, Harold Appel, should have been spending years in Prison instead of Stealing from this Woman's Mail. Why does it take Multiple Crimes and then a Dozen Probation Violations to put someone in Jail - Judge Dean Dankelson - Needs to take Responsibility for allowing this Criminal on the Streets - STOP BEING SOFT ON CRIMINALS AND DUE YOUR JOB - DANKELSON - WHAT A WORTHLESS JUDGE - HE HAS DONE THIS CRAP SO MANY TIMES.
Jasper county should be embarrassed of our court systems! Harsh sentences for seat belt tickets and weed, but this guy....off scott free. How embarrassing!
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