While combing through court records, we discovered 12 defendants charged with possession of a prohibited weapon - a machine gun.
"This is not only dangerous for the officers who make the arrest. It's dangerous for a lot of people, especially a PR bond, for carrying around a machine gun," said Tim Whitaker, Vice President of the Houston Police Officers Union.
He's only 17 and John Fomba was free from jail on six bonds when he got charged with possessing a machine gun.Fomba even made headlines in College Station for allegedly stealing catalytic converters.But that's exactly what happened when Fomba landed in Harris County's 174th District Court. A visiting judge gave him a PR bond for the felony charge possession of a prohibited weapon - a machine gun.
"That's hard to believe," said Whitaker. "Multiple arrests you showed me out of several counties, and then he's given a PR bond here in"And then he forfeits his bond, then he was gone for a couple of months. This is a disaster waiting to happen," Kahan said. "Luckily someone picked him up on a bond forfeiture, and he actually remains in county jail."
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