Late discovery postponed a trial that was under way in Juneau Superior Court Tuesday.
Judge Louis Menendez re-scheduled the felony escape trial for Justin J. Cameron, 24, for June after attorneys received a disc containing about 200 recordings of taped phone calls Cameron made from jail.
Cameron’s attorney Grace Lee asked the judge for more time to review the disc.
Cameron is charged with one count of second-degree escape, a felony. If convicted, he could be facing up to 10 years in jail and a $100,000 fine.
In mid-January, police said they received a report from the Juneau Adult Probation office that Cameron allegedly fled from the office when they told him he was being remanded.
Police alleged Cameron, who was on probation for a drug and weapons misconduct charge, had pushed and shoved his way past a probation officer and fled on foot.
Police said they gave chase and arrested Cameron in the Driftwood Hotel parking lot about an hour later.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Comments (5)
Add commentEscape?
Seriously? Put a 26 year old in prison for being terrified of being arrested under his probation officers authority? I was taken to the end of North Douglas road and brutally raped and beaten by a maniac a few years ago...the man escaped from the holding cell at the court building while in custudy and made it a few blocks before being repremanded back into custudy...The "system" never charged him nor was it published in the paper...this town needs treatment centers for the young that addresses the needs of addiction and mental help...Juneau has a serious drug and alcohol problem and jail is NOT the answer...Reabilitate our youth..Dont throw them in prison!
Are you kidding me??!!
This A$$ needs to go to prison & STAY in prison!!! He's a lowlife LOSER that is constantly getting arrested. LCCC should put a revolving door for this piece... he needs to do hard time and quit getting slapped on the hand all the time! lol!
The first poster...
appears to know nothing about Mr. Cameron's case, and the second poster appears to know something at least about Mr. Cameron. I know a bit about Mr. Cameron's case and about Mr. Cameron. To lisainak I would say that Mr. Cameron has been given many opportunities to straighten up and fly right. Should the facts of the case be proven, my opinion is that significant jail time is in order, with the hopes that it provide a wake-up call. Previous actions by the Court have not yet caused Mr. Cameron to sniff the proverbial coffee. The original charge stemmed from his participation in an attempted robbery that involved use of a gun. His bolting from the probation office amounted to assault on the officer he violently pushed aside to make his escape. At this point, I would say Mr. Cameron still hasn't a clue, and needs to be strongly reprimanded. To karen24 I would say, yes, this kid isn't getting it. However, he's still young, and will again have the opportunity to either change his stripes or continue down this same dark path. Putting him in jail is one thing, but let's not write him off as a human being just yet.
As I said in the forum for
As I said in the forum for Monday's article on this issue, finding rocks on the beach with IQs higher that Mr. Cameron's is an easy task.
Mr. Cameron is not some poor boy from "the other side of the tracks." This young man has had every advantage that money can buy. Yet, he has continued to blatantly dishonor his family name with his selfish behavior.
Since Mr. Cameron refuses to make any effort to set his life in order, he should have his freedom revoked. Maybe a long stint in the slam will serve to knock some sense into him and to avoid causing more grief to his family and keep him from doing life in prison on the installment plan.
Run?
Where the heck was he running to? Fight or flight syndrome...the next incident may well be the former and it will be harder to soft-pedal this poor man's 'rehabilitation'. Let us not forget another purpose for incarcerating people is to protect the general public.