Kansas prison photo of James C. Benimon II. Benimon was indicted Sept. 6 in federal court for failing to register as a sex offender when he was released from a Kansas prison in 2011. Benimon was arrested in August in Douglas County on several drug crime charges.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 31-year-old Lawrence man charged with firing a gun in February outside an apartment in northern Lawrence.
James C. Benimon II failed to appear at a hearing Thursday in Douglas County District Court. Benimon faces charges of criminal discharge of a firearm and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon. Benimon is accused of firing several shots from one car into another the evening of Feb. 8 outside an apartment in the 1300 block of Michigan Way, near Second and Michigan streets.
Benimon had been free after posting a $25,000 bond.
Benimon was also indicted in August in federal court for failing to register as a sex offender after being released from a Kansas prison in June 2011. Benimon had served nearly 10 years in prison for a Wyandotte County conviction for aggravated indecent solicitation of a child under the age of 14. Jim Cross, a spokesman for the U.S. District Attorney’s Office, said Benimon failed to register as a sex offender when he moved to North Dakota following his release.
Comments
jj14 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Find him and lock him up! Throw away the key! Why did they let him go after firing shots in the street!!! Does it really take 7 months to go to court for something like this????
smitty 6 months, 3 weeks ago
But then why did they let Olin go to rehab instead of filing charges?
grammaddy 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why did the feds let him go after he was picked up for non-compliance with the sex offender registry?
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