Update on “Jail-Shy” Accused Child Molesters: John Palmont & Mahamu D. Kanneh

August 14, 2007

I’ve been trying to keep everyone updated on this horrific situation in Maryland wherein “alleged” pedophiles are walking out of jail and making attempts at moving on with their lives.  Apparently there is something peculiar in their water which is affecting their brains because they seem to believe they don’t have to pay for their actions against children.

 UPDATE #1 - John Palmont obviously felt the pressure put on him by various blogs and by national news reports.

John Henri Palmont, 27, surrendered with his attorney at the Prince George’s County Processing Office at 2 p.m. Monday, police told FOX

America’s Most Wanted reported on this case also:  AMW

UPDATE #2 - Guess who else is back in jail?

The Liberian immigrant who avoided trial on child rape charges in Montgomery County because of difficulty finding him an interpreter has been arrested again, this time for allegedly failing to appear at a hearing involving a prosecution effort to reinstate the charges.

Mahamu D. Kanneh, 23, of Gaithersburg was taken into custody Monday night in Philadelphia. Sexual assault charges against Kanneh were dismissed last month by a judge who ruled that delays in the case — caused primarily by the interpreter issue — had violated his right to a speedy trial. Source

I could not help but chuckle when I learned that this coward had tried to flee when he saw that he was about to be re-arrested.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Darren Popkin said Kanneh tried to escape when Philadelphia police officers arrived at the residence where he was staying. “He fled down the stairs and attempted to get to a back door,” Popkin said. Source

Another blog that has been on top of this case:  Michelle Malkin

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