Man asks church for help - Police called - Man arrested

[Bekeart]

From Home delivered copy of Paducah Sun 3/23/23 page A2
I am not a subscriber to their online edition.
The church was NOT identified/
The arrested man was identified.
A listing of his convictions (plural) was detailed.

Man arrested for parole violation and failure to register.

He was arrest d at a local church after Paducah police received a call
that he was at the church asking for money for a bus ticket.

The arrest was for Parole Violation and Failure to Register

I suspect there is more to the story.

I wonder why the church made the call.
1) Call to verify All persons ?
2) Something suspicions caused the call ? ?

Ivan the Butcher

It has always been, door greeters are the detectors, and a gift of a beverage keeps suspicious visitors off balance. The ushers guide them to a seat, right in front of our LEO's. Panhandlers are handled similarly by the Deacons. (Never given cash but given meal gift cards. I always took travelers to a gas station and pumped the gas for them and paid for. If we were buying bus tickets, a two person team took them to the depot and bought their ticket.

 

[LVSteve]

Where are you reading that the church made the call? There is no link to the original story.

As for the implication that churches are places of sanctuary, good luck with that in the 21st century.

Edited to add:

I assume this is it.

Man arrested for parole violation; failure to register | News | paducahsun.com

 

[keith44spl]

It doesn't matter who called the police....

When I was working church security...

The manner in witch folks came asking for help
and their demeanor could trigger a call to LE.

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[Telecaster]

Kiddie Diddler hanging around a church with a day care, yeah; bye.

Nothing to see here. The Catholic confessional is still off-limits to law enforcement, but any other admission of a crime, just being at a church means nothing.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Technology is a wonderful thing! Depending on the kind of record keeping they have and any tie-ins they have to a wants and warrants list, his goose was cooked!

My church normally keeps track of name and address for food assistance or big ticket bus tickets, but not a $25 meal gift card, to avoid system abusers. The county welfare office is the clearing house, so people already getting utility money from one agency don't hit up 2 or 3 more!

One of the people at my church was on parole from another state. He had an interview with the actual sheriff of his county of residence. The sheriff gave him a business card to carry if he had "registration problems" in another county. When his parole was complete, his sheriff wished him luck and hope he would say hi if they crossed on the street. In Ohio the eyes of the law are upon you!

Ivan

 

[Buford57]

In God we trust. The rest of you keep your hands where I can see them.