Rollercoaster Tuesday

Its only 10a.m., and its been a rollercoaster of a day already.  My worst fears were realized this morning.  A call to Ex-H's parole officer revealed that he did not report for parole yesterday like he was supposed to.  A warrant had been issued for his arrest, e unsure of his location, but they assured us they were looking.

This is something I had been worrying about.  See he has never been one for following the rules - he seems to think they don't apply to him, and for the most part the system has allowed him to get away with it.  Furthermore, even though he is a convicted felon, seems that if they are being paroled to a different county than they were imprisoned in, they just drop them off at the bus station with instructions about where to report, and trust they will show up.  He is subject to GPS monitoring, but they do not affix the GPS until they report for parole.  So it seems to me it would be pretty simple to just not show up for parole.  Sure, they will put a warrant out and look for you, but I would think it easy enough to lay low and not get caught.

So it happened - he didn't show up.  And I was understandably a little upset.  Fortunately, an hour later, he showed up at the parole office in San Diego (he was supposed to report for parole in San Bernardino, more than 100 miles away), and was arrested.  Of course he had lots of excuses about why he didn't show up on time or in the location he was supposed to.  And, on top of that, he tried to make a case for why he shouldn't be paroled to San Bernardino, but to San Diego instead.  Fortunately, he has a good parole officer, and she has zero tolerance for this kind of nonsense - she has ordered his parole revoked, and for him to return to prison.  He will be in jail here until his hearing (up to 35 days).  At his hearing, the parole commissioner will decide if he should return to prison, and for how long (up to a year).

So, it was a nerve racking little while, but a good ending.  We get a reprieve from having to deal with him, at least for a little while.