Christian County Attorney John Soyars has requested the Attorney General’s Office to appoint a special prosecutor to decide if Dayton Jones should be prosecuted for not registering as a sex offender after his release from prison.
Jones and three other men entered guilty pleas for their roles in the November, 2014 sexual assault of an unconscious 15-year old male at a party on Lafayette Road. He was released from prison last month after former Governor Matt Bevin appeared to have commuted his sentence, but there is some confusion over the document that has the words ‘pardon and commutation’ near the top.
Soyars says he and others received a letter indicating Jones should register as a sex offender, but that hasn’t happened, and he thought it prudent that a prosecutor should look over the matter.
He says that special prosecutor will make a decision on if Jones has committed a crime by not registering.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling wrote a controversial letter on behalf of Jones to Bevin asking for relief from the governor and Soyars thought it best to seek an outside prosecutor with that in mind.
Lisa Lamb with the Kentucky Department of Corrections recently confirmed to WHOP that officials there had been in contact with Jones and ordered him to “report as soon as possible” to register as a sex offender.
If a special prosecutor determines Jones has committed a crime by not reporting, he could be indicted for failing to comply with the sex offender registry, which is a felony.
