From the Palisades to the Wal-Mart. Ridgeland Police arrested Joshua Martin Bobo after he went on a rampage at a Wal-Mart store. RPD told JJ Mr. Bobo went into the store, jumped the counter, stabbed the clerk with a syringe, drank some peroxide, and then took some pills. Unfortunately for the rest of us, Mr. Bobo was not done as he carjacked a car. He got boxed in somehow and ran back into the store. He was then arrested.
Mr. Bobo was involved in an incident at the Palisaides a year ago. Earlier post. Here is the press release JJ posted:
January 5, 2013
Suspect in Custody After Standoff With Rankin County Deputies
Sheriff Bryan Bailey Reports:
On Saturday January 5, 2013, at approximately 9am the Rankin County
Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from Eastlake Forest Drive in the
Palisades Subdivision of an individual threatening suicide with a gun.
Rankin County deputies responded to the area and were met by the
suspect’s parents who stated that their son was threatening suicide with
a rifle and had threatened them with the rifle. The parents fled the
residence in fear for their safety. While on the scene near the
residence deputies were threatened to be shot by the suspect if they
approached the residence
Deputies on scene called for additional backup and secured the immediate area around the residence.
Additional Rankin County Deputies along with Reservoir Police responded.
Since the suspect was armed with a high powered rifle and possibly had
access to additional weapons, the residences near the suspect’s home
were evacuated and a larger perimeter was secured. This included
blocking the entrance to the subdivision, Fannin Landing Circle and the
walking trail next to it.
The Rankin County Special Response Team was activated and members
responded to the scene. During this response, two deputies collided in
their vehicles near the scene. Both deputies suffered moderate injuries
and were transported to UMC.
The SRT Team set up a perimeter around the residence and disabled the
vehicles at the residence while negotiators attempted to contact the
suspect. After several attempts to contact the suspect failed, the
Jackson Office of the FBI and Mississippi Highway Patrol Swat Team
responded to the scene with remote control robots. One robot cleared the
first floor of the residence with no contact with the suspect. While
preparing to send in the second robot to search the second floor of the
residence contact was made with the suspect.
The suspect’s grandmother, working with a sheriff’s department
negotiator, was able to get the suspect to answer his telephone. The
suspect was talked into coming out the front door of the residence where
SRT members were able to take him into custody.
After examination by medical personnel on the scene, it was determined
that the suspect could have possibly ingested a large amount of
prescription and over the counter medicine and needed to be transported
to a hospital. The suspect was transported to UMC by AMR. The suspect is
being kept for observation and is being guarded by a Rankin County
Deputy.
The rifle used in the incident was recovered from the residence along
with other weapons all of which were seized by the sheriffs department.
The suspect is identified as: Joshua M. BOBO – 27 year old male
Joshua BOBO will be incarcerated at the Rankin County Jail after his
release from the hospital on charges of domestic violence and attempted
assault on a law enforcement officer.
Joshua BOBO does have a Rankin County arrest history on domestic violence and alcohol charges.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Joshua Bobo goes on another rampage
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Seriously, he is out of jail why?
JimAtTheRez
Fill me in on who this guy is and history please.
Obviously he was pissed off because of not being invited to the Canton Wal Mart grand opening.
He has shown way more than enough evidence to prove that he is a danger to himself and others. WHY is he not in a locked mental ward or at the very least behind jail bars?
Bobo?
Is this guy any relation to James Bobo, the lawyer working with Precious Martin to sue St. Andrews?
Just a year ago we were discussing Bobo here on this site.
http://www.kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2013/01/sheriff-son-threatened-his-parents-and.html
Nothing has changed, it seems. It's just a matter of time before he kills someone and we're asking how some judge could release him after the Wal Mart incident.
Dad's a lawyer. Good one. Dealt with him before on public records requests. Very professional.
It is very difficult to get an adult mental health help when they are resistant. Very sad. Is his dad the same James Bobo lawyer working with Precious? Are there a lot of lawyers with that last name? He assaulted the pharmacist?
His dad is a great man and lawyer.
His dad has nothing to do with this. Most parents would disown their 28 year old son after he's fucked up for the millionth time. They have not gotten to have a normal happy life thanks to Josh and they have done nothing but get him into treatment time and time again and have their lives wrecked over and over but they do not just kick him out like we would all do. If anything they should be given an award.
12:20 I agree. His father is a good man. I hate to see anyone go through this.
12:20, what kind of treatment has this guy had? Drugs, mental health, both?
His dad is a good man and fair lawyer, his grandfather was a great Doctor and even greater man.
Who gives a rat's ass how good a man his dad and grandaddy are/were? This man is a danger to himself but more importantly to other people. He needs to be behind bars and maybe jumping the counter, assaulting the pharmacist with a dangerous weapon, stealing a car and wreaking general havoc in a public venue will put him where he needs to be.
Stuart Irby's dad and granddaddy were great, honorable, stand up men too. But, Stuart the lesser was crucified and vilified publicly and on this site for months. Clyde Barrow's dad and mom were nice people too.
Apparently the father is and the grandfather was well-respected. That's wonderful.
The problem is with the son/grandson who is not a stable person and definitely has violent tendencies toward himself and others. Someone wrote that Josh has been in treatment 'time and time again'. My guess is that, while in treatment, Josh is stabilized on medication(i.e.no longer considered threat to himself or others)and once he leaves/completes treatment he stops taking his meds and then the vicious cycle begins again...and again...and again.
I sincerely feel for the family. Apparently, they have tried to find help for their son. Sadly, so often now days the system fails all involved.
Hopefully no one is severely injured, or worse, because of this "system failure".
"System" failure? Take a minute and propose an improved system that you feel would work in situations like this. Thanks.
@7:02-The answer is simple. People like this who are too ill to make good choices for themselves should be held in an appropriate treatment center - by court order - at the request of a parent, spouse, sibling or any other concerned citizen until a qualified physician deems him to be "cured" (understanding that some will never be). However, this will never happen because ACLU will scream bloody murder over the violation of his rights. After all, the rights of ONE mentally ill person is far more valuable than the right for the rest of us to live free from fear that we'll be the next person caught in one of his psychotic rampages. My heart goes out to his parents. I can only imagine their torment as they see their son hurting them, hurting other people, hurting himself and knowing there is absolutely NOTHING they can do about it.
7:33 nailed it. This is why we have parks full of homeless, mentally ill people panhandling and talking to themselves. This guy is one of the rare ones that has been proven to pose an immediate danger to strangers - maybe that will be enough to get him where he should be.
Or maybe we will have to wait until after a tragedy, as they did in Aurora, CO.
Liberals never admit the damage they cause by unintended consequences.
unfortunately i know this guy. i cannot begin to tell you how disturbed and screwed up he is.hes in some huge trouble now... i highly doubt he will get any less than 50 years for all this stuff. i hope the pharmacist is ok.. he should have never been out of jail after the standoff in Brandon.
@11:21- The sad part of this is that he will end up in jail instead of an appropriate mental health facility. It would have been SO much better for EVERYBODY if his parents had been able to have him forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital where he would be treated more humanly and get the appropriate medical care.
A lot of people are quick to praise Joshua's father here. Maybe in his professional life he's a "great man", but he's clearly a shit father. Judge a tree by the fruit it bears.
12:39-what a crappy thing to say.
I don't know the family and I doubt that you do either. A family that has a disturbed, mentally ill, or drug addicted 'child' does NOT automatically mean the parents were horrible parents. It's a family's hell I wish upon no one - and I speak from experience.
Do not judge, or you too will be judged....and right now I clearly think of you as a prig.
" Judge a tree by the fruit it bears. "
Hey douchebag - if you had a second neuron to make a synapse you might realize you know absolutely nothing about serious mental illness, and how it usually has nothing to do with parenting style or skill.
i know jim, have worked a few cases with him. he is a smart, kind and caring person-- none of which apply to 12:39-- and he happens to have a mentally ill son.
Does anyone know what happened to this case?
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