A Walker County judge found probable cause Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 16, for charges faced by Jameson Kyle Boley. The judge bound the case over to a grand jury.
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Walker County case sent to grand jury after weapons, drugs found in missing child’s father’s home
A Walker County judge found probable cause Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 16, for charges faced by Jameson Kyle Boley. The judge bound the case over to a grand jury.
Boley is the father of
Johnathan “John John” Boley, who was found dead after a multi-day search for the missing child.
The
charges of chemical endangerment and manufacturing an explosive device had nothing to do with the disappearance of Boley’s 4-year-old son, Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith previously told WBRC, but the alleged offenses hindered their search for the child.
New details were heard during a preliminary hearing about just what law enforcement found when they first responded to Boley’s home.
Sergeant Brandon Pugh with the Walker County Sheriffs Office was the first witness to take the stand.
Pugh says when he first arrived to Boley’s home on New Year’s Eve, it was John John’s brother who told him that the two of them had been playing near a fence near the woods when the 4-year-old went though a hole in the fence, chasing the family dog, Buck, into the woods.
According to Pugh, state police had to clear the home because an “extremely explosive” substance was found inside, as well as a device resembling a pipe bomb. This forced a pause on the search for the boy while bomb technicians worked to clear the scene.
Pugh also says sulfur and sulfuric acid were found inside Boley’s home by investigators.
Pugh himself, during a search warrant, says he observed a white power spread across the dresser of the master bedroom of the home. The powder was later determined to be methamphetamine.
There were also multiple guns inside that same bedroom, including a Scar 7.62 caliber rifle with a homemade suppressive device, and a loaded pistol. Pugh says all of this would have been within the children’s reach and none of them had safety locks.
Improvised explosive devices, including at least one smoke bomb, were also found inside the home. Pugh says some items, believed to be IEDs, were taken during that search warrant and later detonated by law enforcement.
Pugh also says based on interviews with family inside the house, the boys were sleeping in a room, that he observed, had only a blanket inside and no bed.
Attorneys for Boley declined to comment following Tuesday’s hearing. Court records show a bond hearing is set for later in February.
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