Judge lifts internet restrictions for former deputy accused of soliciting teen for sex - Oakland Press

A Pontiac justice has removed net usage restrictions for a erstwhile Oakland County Sheriff’s lawman accused of communicating online with idiosyncratic helium thought was a 15-year-old miss and trying to put a meet-up for sex.

The connection exchanges, however, were reportedly with a Pontiac antheral who uses a messaging app successful his effort to drawback kid predators.

Jared Salisbuy booking photo

At a tribunal proceeding Tuesday afternoon, 50th District Judge Ronda Gross said Jared Salisbury, 33, of Waterford Township, tin usage a computer, compartment phone, iPad oregon different instrumentality to entree the net portion the lawsuit against him continues. Salisbury is charged with 1 number of accosting a kid for immoral purposes, punishable by up to 4 years successful prison.

Gross made her ruling aft proceeding arguments from defence lawyer John Freeman to chopped the restriction, 1 of the enslaved conditions that was acceptable astatine Salisbury’s arraignment. Assistant authoritative Endrit Topalli had asked the justice to let Salisbury to usage the net to pass lone with his attorney, but Gross denied that regularisation due to the fact that of monitoring challenges. Also, she noted, authorities had returned his compartment telephone to him.

“Obviously, they didn’t deliberation helium was a continuous threat,” Gross said.

Earlier successful the hearing, Freeman told the justice that the lawsuit “is not a slam dunk lawsuit for the people.”

Freeman pointed retired that Salisbury wasn’t caught communicating with a kid but alternatively a “full grown antheral who’s a self-proclaimed vigilante who is utilizing this and different instances arsenic a mechanics to marque money.”

“There is, I believe, going to beryllium a factual lawsuit successful presumption of who initiated the communication, peculiarly the inappropriate communication,” Freeman said.

When arrested, Salisbury was a probationary lawman assigned to the midnight displacement astatine the Oakland County Jail. Detectives linked the societal media chat to Salisbury, according to the sheriff’s office, and helium was fired connected Sept. 6.

Salisbury’s adjacent scheduled tribunal day is scheduled for a probable origin league connected Oct. 27.

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