A mystery man arrested on minor charges more than three weeks ago remains behind bars in Utah while law enforcement officials try to determine his true identity, which he refuses to reveal…
The unidentified man, who has graying hair, a light beard and is believed to be in his 60′s, was arrested on July 1 for trespassing in a parking garage. He was booked into jail on three misdemeanor charges and has thwarted any chance of release, with or without bail, by refusing to identify himself…
Law enforcement officials say the man is “fairly well spoken and educated,” but very guarded about his identity.
As a result of several short conversations with him, officers believe he may not be from Utah…
Officials say in three weeks of jail the mystery man has shown a pleasant demeanor and has communicated that he is being treated well…“He said the food has been great,” Lt. Dennis Harris said.
“I realize that sometimes people want to go to jail because they are homeless, have nothing, they are destitute. I’ve seen that over the years. I just don’t get the impression that’s the reason. He just doesn’t want to be discovered by somebody.”
Now in his fourth week of incarceration, the man added another twist to the story recently by hinting he had business of some kind outside prison that he would need to attend to.
“He said there was a point at some time that he would need to get out of jail,” Harris said. “That’s the closest I can find of what he wants to do. And that makes no sense to me whatsoever.”
Not anyone I know. How about you?
“fairly well spoken and educated” matches up well with “he may not be from Utah…”
Har.
If he wanted to maintain his anonymity, he failed, big time.
If he’s is just fuckin’ with the Utah cops … where’s the challenge in that?
They’re cops and they’re in Utah, for Moroni’s sake.
He probably wanted somebody to find him.
Just a quick visit to get out of the heat, a shower, healthcare and three meals a day.
JOR EL!!!!!!!!! FATHER!!!!!!!! YOU ARE ALIVE!!!!!
Refusing to identify yourself carries a life sentence in Utah?
Osama?
He’s just waiting till his social security checks start so he can get out and watch the grass grow.
Snowball’s chance in hell. Nowadays.
He was customer in striped shirt who maybe killed some “Krauts” in WWII. No offence to any Germans.
Pick one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_disappeared_mysteriously
VER AH YA PAPAS?????
Looks like Harrison Ford in Wikipedia 2007 photo, aside from the hair.
#9 – It’s quite heartening to learn that so few people are missing in this world 🙂
D. Sebastião’s return to Portugal would be most welcome these days!
Let him go and see what he does? More interesting than the Kardashians.
Does this meant that if a person suffers from total amnesia and doesn’t have his wallet he goes to jail forever?
This is the man that holds the secret plan to raising the debt ceiling. Utah is going to cause the default if they don’t release him! It’s a secret plan, that’s why he can’t divulge who he is.
Looks like George W. Bush to me.
He looks a lot like George W. Bush after a bender, trying hard to develop amnesia.
Dammit, #16 hhopper. I forgot to refresh before submitting, and you beat me to it 🙂
That’s me!
That’s George W. Bush’s ugly older brother that was kept a secret, given up for adoption decades ago as an infant & somehow ended up in Utah.
DAD!
hey where’s that $20 l lent you in 67
I think #11 rcool nailed it… Harrison Ford.
So if you can’t identify someone, he just stays in jail? If this is a misdemeanor, what’s the maximum punishment?
Hard to not have your fingerprints on file. I wonder if his file got corrupted during a power outage?
I wonder what the law is, and what it should be? I can make arguments either way. Let’s see……..on balance………keep him in jail awhile, then have a pysche consult and treatment until he talks or they need the space for some higher value target.
We must submit to the public good. Hurts to phrase it that way, but true nonetheless.
At any other blog I would be amazed that so many commented without actually reading the article. (See #’s 1, 2, 5, and 14 for examples)
Oddly enough, bobbo is closer to the reason. I guess he can’t be totally wrong and psychotic every time. (bobbo, is that where you’re hiding??)
Its not me Ah Yea, its you. Anything that locks people up gets your motor running. For me it was a balance of competing interests with almost as much concern for our Anonymous citizen. Are you balancing any equities Ah Yea or just applying a rule?
VOTE ALL “NO NEW TAXES” POLITICIANS OUT OF OFFICE.
Send him back to Mexico…
As W’s older brother he stands to inherit a sizable chunk of the Bush oil fortune if he can just play it cool for awhile.
He’s Grover Norquist’s father.
Casey Anthony’s disguise is working well.