“With PR bonds what we are seeing is more and more people offending, quicker and quicker, as far as timelines go,” Bronson said. “The initial thought is it is alarming, but not surprising,” Denver Police Sgt.

Murray is accused of killing Hoebel in his Cheesman Park home the next day. The arrest affidavit outlines his lengthy criminal history, including threats, assault and burglary, among other felonies. The Boulder District Attorney’s Office objected to the PR bond.

17, a Boulder judge released him on a PR bond, meaning he didn’t have to post any cash and promised to show up in court. He is also accused of being a felon in possession of a gun. 16 in Louisville after making threats to kill people, including law enforcement officers. With the charges leveled against him, being let out on a PR bond is incomprehensible in my opinion,” Slepicka said. Neighbors were relieved to hear the news of Murray’s arrest, but they were shocked and outraged to hear that the 40-year-old was released on a PR bond the day before Hoebel was killed. Those plans changed, and through a negotiation process with the Anchorage Assembly the plan evolved to a compromise that would involve multiple, smaller shelters targeted to specific populations.Illegal eviction claimed after armed guards oust motel residents Morris, an anesthesiologist, joined the administration in July, leading efforts to build what was originally envisioned as a large, temporary shelter on land at Tudor and Elmore roads in East Anchorage. “That includes working with the Anchorage Assembly with the strategy that involves housing, transitional housing, supportive housing, treatment, and navigation centers,” Bronson said. Morris said that he has left Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration but declined further comment Thursday.īronson thanked Morris for his service in a prepared statement Thursday, saying that the city’s focus would stay on “helping our city’s most vulnerable get the compassionate care and resources they need.”

(Bill Roth / ADN)Īnchorage homeless coordinator Dr. John Morris unveiled their homeless plan to citizens and answered questions in the Wilda Marston Theater on Thursday, June 17, 2021. Mayor-elect Dave Bronson, left, and transition team leader for homelessness Dr.

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