By Dillon Thomas | CBS Colorado
A Northern Colorado district attorney is accusing a magistrate of putting local children and others at risk after she released a fugitive on a personal recognizance bond. The fugitive was wanted for creating and possessing child sexual abuse material out of Wyoming.
John Smallbone of Converse County, Wyoming, was originally arrested on 72 counts related to creating and possessing child sexual abuse material. According to prosecutors, he posted a $250,000 bond in Wyoming but failed to appear for his next court hearing, forfeiting the bond and becoming a fugitive.
After authorities located Smallbone in Larimer County, he was arrested on the Wyoming warrant while awaiting extradition.
“There is almost no one more clearly deserving of a high bond than someone that has fled another state on child sexual assault charges,” said Gordon McLaughlin, Larimer County district attorney.
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