Rachel Shannon
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In that case, Quinn hid in the backseat of her car and hit her over the head with a tire iron, and she was able to jump out of the car before he drove off with the car, which he later abandoned, so she was okay, but clearly probably traumatized and probably was injured from being hit over the head with a tire iron.
When he was arrested for this, the officers described him as aggressive, defiant, and he showed no remorse.
He was impulsive, arrogant, and reactive.
They said that he had a very high likelihood of reoffending.
They also concluded that he resents adults and authority.
So to these charges, he did eventually plead guilty to the case of armed robbery.
I don't know what happened with the attempted rape.
I don't think he was ever charged with that.
But because of this, he did go to jail when he was only 16 years old.
While in jail, he was also charged with two more counts of attempted possession of weapons by a prisoner.
So clearly, he was not on his best behavior when he was a prisoner.
He actually spent 20 years in jail for these charges before he was released on parole in 2011.
After being released, he applied for a job as a custodian at the Kentwood public school system.
Even though he was a felon, he was able to get a job with the public school system because he wasn't a sex offender.
On his application, he had other community members who were known and respected in the area as his references.
Those individuals vouched for him, so because of this, he was hired.
Now, a lot of people will have opinions on a felon being hired in a public school, and I definitely see why, but I would say most, if not all, felons have a very rough time finding work after leaving jail.
Most people can't find anything, and for those who are honest and learned their lesson and just want to be a productive member of society,
Not being able to find a job can lead to a vicious cycle of turning back to crime because it's all they know as a way to make money and fight their way to stay or get out of poverty.
So personally, I don't have a problem with hiring non-violent offenders for positions like this at schools where they have minimal interactions with the students, but for violent offenders, keep those crazies out of our schools.