Jan 4, 2019
A brief legal history of Bo Dukes, the man accused of hiding Tara Grinstead's body
Courtrooms are not unfamiliar places for Dukes
As far as 13WMAZ knows, Bo Dukes' history in the court system began back in 2013 when he pleaded guilty to stealing more than $150,000 from the Army.
He served 27 months in federal prison for that crime and was sentenced to 3 years of probation.
In 2017, he was arrested and charged with hiding Tara Grinstead's body.
Later that year, he was also charged with lying to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations in connection with that case.
However, Dukes has only been convicted on the federal theft charge.
Attorney Lars Anderson says that limits the role the Tara Grinstead-related charges may have played in Dukes' federal case proceedings.
"By the constitution as we all know the great phrase 'you're innocent until you're proven guilty,'" said Anderson.
Still, in November of 2018, a federal judge
ordered Dukes back to prison after he ruled that dukes violated the terms of his federal probation.
So why was Dukes out in Bonaire on New Year's Day of 2019
when he allegedly assaulted two women?
It comes down to a two-word legal term: voluntary surrender.
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Thursday night, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced in light of Dukes' charges in Bonaire, a federal judge has revoked Dukes' voluntary surrender which means when U.S. marshals locate Dukes, he'll head directly back to federal prison.
A brief legal history of Bo Dukes, the man accused of hiding Tara Grinstead's body
