this mofo liable to get shot one of these days
Up Against the Law
Self-described pedophile Jack McClellan is arrested for violating a restraining order outside a California day-care center.
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By Andy Murr
Newsweek
Updated: 9:27 a.m. ET Aug. 15, 2007
Aug. 14, 2007 - Jack McClellan continues to test the boundaries of civil liberties. The self-described pedophile advocate was arraigned in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon after two arrests on Monday—including one for loitering outside a UCLA-run day-care center housing infants and toddlers just 3 months to 3 years old. McClellan recently became notorious in Washington and Southern California for posting blogs supporting pedophilia that, among other things, rated fairs, parks and church socials as places to meet what he calls LGs —little girls. On Tuesday afternoon, he pleaded not guilty before Commissioner Mark Zuckman in Superior Court to one misdemeanor count of violating a restraining order, according to Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney. Bail was set at $150,000.
The 45-year-old McClellan, who says he’s always refrained from touching children improperly because it’s illegal, has never been arrested for a sexual offense. He still hasn’t. The new charge grew out of a restraining order issued Aug. 3, enjoining him to “stay at least 10 yards away from children" in California and barring him from loitering around places kids congregate or photographing them. Shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, a UCLA staffer allegedly spotted him in the lobby of a campus building housing the day-care center. Campus police officers arrested him for violating the restraining order, and found he had a camera with him, says UCLA Police spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein, who adds that's it's not known whether he shot pictures of the kids. Police released him at 8:30 and gave him a seven-day “stay-away order,” barring him from coming on campus for a week—the strongest measure available.
McClellan would have been fine if he’d just stayed away. But he was arrested a second time, at 10:20 last night, after stunned campus police dispatchers watching the evening news on television saw McClellan in a striped polo shirt being interviewed live—on campus. They sent a squad car to arrest McClellan for trespass. This time, they turned him over to L.A. Sheriff’s deputies who booked him, housed him in jail overnight and brought him to court this afternoon for the arraignment.
The man who obtained the restraining order against McClellan felt vindicated. “I believe Jack McClellan is a dangerous individual,” says Anthony Zinnanti. “He has shown a blatant disregard for the court order, and an inability to control his impulses.” Zinnanti, a Santa Clarita, Calif., father and attorney, obtained the temporary restraining order on Aug. 3—and served it on McClellan in a Los Angeles airport as he was boarding a plane for Chicago. McClellan returned to California, and the judge in the restraining order case had scheduled a court date for McClellan to argue against making the order permanent.
The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. But Zinnanti is working on increasing McClellan’s time in the county lockup. He’s planning on filing three contempt citations against McClellan for violating the restraining order, each of which could carry a day or two of jail time. McClellan’s next court date in the UCLA case is Aug. 28.