Arrest Warrant Dropped Against Former Ramsey Detective
Process Server Recants Earlier Testimony That Detective Was Served
POSTED: 10:04 a.m. MDT September 7, 2001
GOLDEN, Colo. -- An arrest warrant was dropped today against a former detective on the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation.
Steve Thomas had faced a contempt-of-court charge for not appearing as a witness in a related trial.
Jefferson County District Judge Jane Tidball took the action after the man who was hired to serve a subpoena on Thomas recanted portions of his earlier testimony.
Tidball had originally issued the arrest warrant after Thomas
failed to appear for the trial in June. Thomas said that he never
received the subpoena.
Thomas said that he is pleased and vindicated by the judge's decision.
He had been called to testify in the trial of attorney Thomas
Miller. Miller was charged with bribery after a client allegedly tried to buy a copy of a ransom note found in the Ramsey home hours before JonBenet's body was found.
Miller was acquitted of the charge last June.
Previous Stories:
- July 17, 2001: Ramsey Detective Fights Possible Contempt Of Court
- June 8, 2001: Ramsey Detective Needs Money
- March 30, 2001: Ramseys Sue Former Boulder Detective For Libel
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