Johnathon Campbell, 27, is a free man tonight – just two days after pulling a gun on a family as they were piling into their car on Christmas night.
The family threatened was that of a girl Campbell had previously been dating.
According to police, Campbell pulled up on the family in his truck and pointed the gun at the family.
Campbell was taken into custody after two members of the family were able to wrestle the gun away from Campbell and hold him until police arrived.
Campbell was later released by Judge Christine Rodriguez and FREE TO GO under NM Bail Reform after the Arnold Foundation’s “Pretrial Risk Assessment” tool determined that he was not a danger to the community or a flight risk and therefore should not be subject to any accountable release – just a “promise” to appear.
The family now lives in fear because of Campbells unaccountable release…
I “fall asleep at five in the morning, usually about the time that she’s getting up,” said one of the victims, adding, “Our days are like that. We can’t sleep.”
The release is the result of newly enacted Supreme Court guidelines orchestrated by Chief Justice Daniels that virtually eliminates accountable pretrial release and bail.
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Man released just 2 days after allegedly threatening family with gun
(reported by KOB4 – Dec 29 2017)
Members of the Blaz family were in the process of piling into their car on Christmas night when a red truck pulled up.
That’s when they say that, out of nowhere, a gun was pulled on them – and it wasn’t a stranger holding it.
“Pretty freaked,” Ginger Blaz said. “I mean, I was inside the house when it all went down. All I heard is, ‘He’s got a gun,’ and I didn’t know what to do. I ran upstairs and called 9-1-1 and not knowing…they’re keeping me on the phone. So I don’t know what’s going on outside, if my family’s OK.”
Dominic and Ginger Blaz said the man who pulled the gun is Johnathon Campbell, who is dating the estranged mother of their grandchild.
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