They tried every way they could to damage the reputation of parent and political activist Keiths Fons of North Pole. The police tried him in the court of Facebook and in the mainstream news.
But earlier this month, the State of Alaska prosecutors dropped the Assault 4 case against Fons altogether.
It was back in September when North Pole High School was locked down, but parents waiting outside were not told the nature of the lockdown, or why students were being held for nearly 20 minutes after the bell had rung at the end of the school day. Later it was disclosed that there was an incident on one of the athletic fields, where a student allegedly was threatening a teacher.
Fons wasn’t accepting that lack of communication. He went inside with his camera rolling to find out why students were herded into the entryway, but not released to their parents, who were in the parking area. As far as he was concerned, his daughter was being held hostage.
Things got testy, and later that day a worker, Alysia S. Johnson, filed assault charges, saying she felt unsafe by Fons, who was insisting on information. Fons posted the $500 bail and hired an attorney to fight the charge.
Fons and his attorney demanded that the official body camera footage be released. The police refused. Fons and his attorney would not accept a plea deal and were willing to go to trial. Meanwhile, the employee who brought the charges has left the school.
The charge that was dropped was a misdemeanor — Assault 4-Cause Fear Of Injury. But prior to his arrest, Fons had active on Facebook, where he was revealing some information about one of the members of the school board. Fons raised the concern that his arrest was retaliatory in nature.
Fons has been cited by the North Pole police in the past for the offense of having Christmas lights strung all over his vehicle. That’s about the extent of his rap sheet, however.
“…….Fons has been cited by the North Pole police in the past for the offense of having Christmas lights strung all over his vehicle……..”
Seems like the kind of guy who likes attention. I wonder how much he enriched his attorney over this performance?
Reggie: Ultra cheesy comment here.
Would it really be onerous for you to attempt to engage in a little bit of analysis and a modest amount of critical thinking before you start spewing whatever thought pops into our brain?
I wonder how much tax money was spent to harass him?
Unlike Fons attorney fees, that’s public money. Why don’t you find out?
Great outcome. Whatever happened to the school board member who’s *ss was posted on Facebook and who’s wife teaches adults how to rub body parts of children? Why did the media cover-up that story?
……the Newsminus reporters all get their massages by the wife of the *ss poster.
LOL ?
That’s disgusting. Gee, I don’t remember seeing that story in the News-Miner
Another cover-up. Rubbing body parts is not a feature story in NM. But NM did run a photo of the wife teaching others how to massage children. It’s true. And disgusting. And the husband is a school board member. That’s how sick it gets.
Wait till it happens to you !
Don’t forget your Covid booster shot Reggie…
Please.
Of course it was retaliatory.
Prolly a false flag for training of the parents to be good little automatons.
I would love to be on the jury that tries Alysia Johnson for filing a false police report.
They should never have done what they did.
Refusing to make evidence avialable to a defendent is unconstituional. A judge could issue a subpoena to force the corrupt police department to produce evidence they hold.
Another corrupt, small town, North Pole. Decades of corruption.
But, they had a great restaurant, the “Club 11” a long time ago.
Is Santaland still open?
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