*Before 2007 he was said to have been arrested for robbing a store, no evidence could be found when I originally did my investigation of him. However while looking for the Ohio news I found this in Montana, dated just days after his case was closed in Ohio:
MT high court orders trial in prisoner van lawsuit
HELENA - The Montana Supreme Court has ruled a trial is needed in the case of a former Park County man who sued the state and county after he was hurt in the crash of an inmate transport van.
The decision overturned a November 2007 District Court ruling granting summary judgment to the state and county, which would have barred Jaydon Paull from further pursuing his lawsuit.
The accident occurred near Dillon in March 2003 as Paull was being transported back to Montana from Florida for a probabtion revocation hearing.
The governments had argued they could not be held liable for the actions of the inmate transport company and its employees. The company, American Extraditions, did not have insurance and folded after the crash, which killed one of the company's drivers.
In its ruling issued Sept. 29 but not publicly posted until this week, the Montana Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that prisoner transportation was "inherently dangerous," making it an exception to the general rule that contractors are not liable for actions of their independent contractors.
"Here, while the injury to the plaintiff did not occur as a result of the typical unreasonable or unique risks inherent in prisoner transport - such as attempted escape or assault by prisoners - it arguably occurred in this case as a result of the failure of the state or the county to take any precaution whatsoever to provide for the safe and humane transport of prisoners," Chief Justice Mike McGrath wrote for the court.
"I look forward to going ahead with this case," said Courtney Lawellen of Livingston, Paull's attorney. "I'm very pleased with the court's ruling in that it found that prisoners being transported interstate have some unique rights."
Kevin O'Brien, a spokesman with the attorney general's office, said Friday that state attorneys would not comment on an ongoing case. Steven Milch of Billings, the attorney for Park County, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
Paull filed a lawsuit over the way he was treated on the nine-day trip to Montana. His complaint alleges that when the van reached southwestern Montana on March 5, 2003, the prisoners had not been allowed a bathroom break for several hours and that the drivers told them to urinate into plastic cups or water bottles. The lawsuit alleges that as they did so, the American Extraditions driver was watching them and laughing while swerving and trying to cause them to spill urine on themselves.
His lawsuit claims that the driver lost control of the van and it rolled several times, killing the other driver and injuring Paull.
The high court also ruled the state had a duty to exercise ordinary care in returning Paull from Florida to answer a probation revocation proceeding and that American Extraditions was acting as the state's agent in transporting Paull.
"Whether there were acts or omissions of (American Extraditions) that caused injury to Paull for which the state or county may be held liable will have to be determined by further proceedings in the District Court," McGrath wrote.
Justice Jim Rice issued a strongly worded dissent, in which he argued that the Supreme Court declared that the transportation of prisoners was an inherently dangerous activity "without citing any precedential authority."
He also argued that the "inherently dangerous" exception applies only when the work itself is dangerous, even when skillfully employed.
"The court's decision to the contrary - that work can be considered 'dangerous' by assuming it will be negligently performed - is contrary to the purpose of the exception and the reasons underlying the rule."
Rice added "...the court's conclusion that the risk of driver misconduct is an inherent danger arising from the enterprise of prisoner transportation for which the employer should have known and taken precautions is simply untenable."
Even more delicious is the account of why he was arrested to begin with (click here for link):¶5 Paull received a deferred sentence for burglary and theft in 2000 from the Sixth Judicial District Court, Park County, and was placed on probation. He failed to report to his probation officer and traveled to Florida without permission. In 2001 the State commenced probation revocation proceedings and transported Paull from Florida to Montana using a private prisoner transportation service called Extraditions International. When Paull arrived in Park County he complained to the Sheriff that the trip from Florida had been "torture" and that he had been poorly treated.
¶6 The result of the 2001 probation revocation proceeding was that Paull was sentenced to the Montana Department of Corrections for six years, all suspended, and was placed on probation under the supervision of the Adult Probation and Parole Division of the Montana Department of Corrections (DOC). Paull obtained permission from Montana Adult Probation and Parole to move to Florida, where he was subject to supervision by probation officials of the State of Florida pursuant to the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision, § 46-23-1115, MCA.
¶7 In December 2002, Paull's Florida probation officer informed Montana Adult Probation and Parole that Paull had violated the conditions of his probation. Based upon this report, the Montana DOC prepared a report of violation, a recommendation that Paull's probation be revoked, and a request that a warrant issue for his arrest. The DOC report was sent to the Park County Attorney, who prepared and filed a petition in the District Court to revoke Paull's probation. The District Court issued a warrant for Paull's arrest, and it was executed by authorities in Florida in February, 2003. Paull was held in custody without bond "for Montana" by Florida authorities.
¶8 The Park County Sheriff's office then became involved in arranging to transport Paull to Montana. The Sheriff's office contacted a private prisoner transportation service called American Extraditions (AEI), a successor to Extraditions International that had transported Paull to Montana in 2001. After receiving a price quote for the trip, the Sheriff's office followed required State procedure and contacted the Montana Governor's office to obtain approval of the expenditure.
¶9 The State of Montana maintains a Prisoner Transportation Fund to reimburse counties for the costs of transporting prisoners. Beginning in 1993, Gov. Marc Racicot, as a cost-cutting measure, required that counties obtain prior approval for the use of state prisoner transportation funds. A letter from the Governor announcing this policy cautioned that only prisoners charged with more serious offenses and with higher bonds should be considered for interstate transportation. The policy encouraged the use of private prisoner transportation services for long-distance interstate transport.
¶10 AEI employees picked up Paull from Florida authorities in February, 2003. He was shackled at the wrists and ankles and placed in a large passenger van with other prisoners. The van had two uniformed drivers employed by AEI, who were in charge of the prisoners during the nine-day trip from Florida to Montana. The van was equipped with a divider between the prisoners and the drivers that allowed the drivers to observe the prisoners. The prisoners were shackled but the van did not have seatbelts and did not have toilet facilities for their use.
*In 2008 he was arrested at a Wal Mart with a gaggle of minors for stealing. He was let out on bail. At the time Jaydon was still harassing me and claimed it had been a 'misunderstanding' and I was stupid to post it. Sadly I've lost the link to this, if you have it please share.
*In 2009 Jaydon was arrested in his old haunt (and likely hometown) of Ohio (click here for link). He was arrested in Xenia, Ohio on August 14th, 2009 for robbery. He was held on $10,000 bond which appears to have never been raised. His case was listed as 2009 CR 0521 STATE OF OHIO VS. PAULL, JAYDON D SPD JTC. He was indicted "FOR VIOLATION OF CT I - ORC 2911.02A2, ROBBERY, 2ND DEGREE FELONY". It was dismissed under form a, whatever in the world that means. Further info could not be found.