'Laundry list of criminal offenses'; Violent felon arrested again
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A Riviera Beach man arrested in connection with a shooting has a long felony record that has some people asking why he's not behind bars.
Montrez Grinnon, 26, was arrested in Deerfield Beach early Monday. Police say he was a passenger in car that left the scene of a shooting on Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach at about 1:30am.
He has not been charged in the shooting on Clematis Street at this time.
Police say the 24 year old shooting victim has been upgraded from critical to serious condition and was shot multiple times.
CBS12 News found Grinnon has been arrested 6 times for felonies in Palm Beach County, including three times in the past year.
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The previous felony charges include obstruction of execution of a search warrant, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, trafficking in cocaine, child neglect, fleeing at high speed with wanton disregard, driving with a revoked or suspended license, trafficking in fentanyl, possession of cocaine with intent to sell, fleeing or eluding police, battery and domestic battery by strangulation.
violent career criminal."
The latest arrest report refers to him as "a violent career criminal."
"At the end of the day, this is a person you would expect to be behind bars just as a matter of public safety. I think a lot of people would say probably the judges can be too lenient when it comes to setting bond. As of late, I think we need higher bonds in Palm Beach County," said Patrick McKamey, a criminal defense attorney in West Palm Beach.
McKamey is former prosecutor who spent 13 years with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office.
"You've got people that are getting out that probably should be you know, incarcerated. They're getting out, committing new offenses," McKamey said.
Pretty shocking. Somebody with that kind of a laundry list of criminal offenses that are serious, between drug trafficking and violent offenses and possession of firearms, you would expect to be behind bars."
"Pretty shocking. Somebody with that kind of a laundry list of criminal offenses that are serious, between drug trafficking and violent offenses and possession of firearms, you would expect to be behind bars," he said.
