Marshall Thomas, 17, has twice been released on bond since his original arrest in July 2022, and both times has re-offended, getting charged with serious felonies. Now, on the eve of his trial in Flagler County on charges of molesting a girl at Matanzas High School, and on two counts of stealing firearms, prosecutors in Flagler County are asking that Thomas’s bond be revoked following his latest arrest, in Wisconsin, on charges of distributing child pornography to other children.
Thomas is scheduled to appear for his docket sounding–the last step before trial–on Tuesday, before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins at the Flagler County courthouse. According to a January 20 list by the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office, Thomas was at the Vilas County, Wis., jail on three sex charges as of then.
In July 2022, Thomas, then a resident of Brewster Lane, was arrested in Palm Coast on a second-degree felony count of molesting a 15-year-old girl after he allegedly sexually assaulted her during class at Matanzas High School. Class was watching a movie and the room was dark. The incident allegedly took place in back of the room. He was arrested and charged as a juvenile and held until his attorney, Matthew Maguire, filed a motion for pretrial release, which a county judge granted on August. 4.
Thomas was close to resolving the molestation case with what would have been a probationary term. But he was re-arrested less than six months later. Thomas was charged with grand theft of a firearm in January 2023 after his father alerted Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies that his son had allegedly stolen two firearms and was on his way to Holland Park to face and possibly fight other juveniles. (See: “Dad’s Alert Over His Son’s Gun Thefts Leads to Arrest of Boys, 15 and 16, Before Confrontation.”)
He was charged as an adult in both cases following the gun incident and held at jail for youthful offenders in Jacksonville until posting bond last April, and leaving town for Wisconsin, where he started attending school. His charges were unknown to school officials there until they were alerted by a ;parent at the school and read about them on FlaglerLive. (See: “Ex-Matanzas Student Facing Adult Gun and Molestation Charges Here Is Attending High School in Wisconsin.”) He was soon removed from school and continued his education by home-schooling, while living in the town of Plum lake, Wis.
According to an arrest affidavit in Vilas County, he was charged with two felony counts of exposing a child to harmful material after a Vilas County Sheriff’s detective got information from the Minocqua Police Department that Thomas “was distributing child pornography among students at Lakeland Union High School,” which he was not attending. Thomas had been allegedly distributing nude pictures of two students through SnapChat. The two students were 14 and 16. Both girls had sent suggestive pictures of themselves to Thomas.
He had sent nude pictures of himself to both. After that, the girls discovered that their pictures were going around the school. One of the victims told police that Thomas had been “blunt about wanting to have sex with her, stating that they should ‘hook up,'” according to the affidavit. “The defendant appeared at her job and asked if he could come over to her house.”
Just before Christmas, Assistant State Attorney melissa Clark, who is prosecuting the cases in Flagler County, filed a motion to revoke Thomas’s $10,000 bond.
Brian says
Lock this pervert creep up for good
Jim says
I’m curious about a legal system that allows someone who steals two guns while awaiting trial for molestation to go to another state and live life as if nothing has happened….
The guy leaves the state and now is charged with sending nude pictures of underage girls to some other kids in their school. I wonder what would said if he had gotten another gun and used it instead of “just” the nude picture activities. I’ll bet it would be hard to justify letting the guy go!
I know some people will defend the kid since he’s “only” 17! I’ve got no sympathy for him at all. Here is someone who molested a girl (I hope she’s doing well) and nothing really happened to him. Then he steals guns and still nothing happens. Now he is trafficking nude pictures. Will anything happen now?
This guy needs to spend some time in jail – a lot of time. I will never understand why we as a society tolerate individuals who break the law, hurt others and continue to do these things yet don’t pay any price. People make mistakes but when you continue to do criminal things, it’s time for you to be removed from society for a decent amount of time.
I’m willing the bet this guy will end up doing some seriously bad crimes before he’s 25. I just hope he’s in the jail when he turns 25.
HayRide says
Anyone paying attention,, do you see a pattern here.
Hammock Huck says
Biden’s America allows it.
Bill Boots says
We need to reopen mental health, aka Asylums!
Nephew Of Uncle Sam says
The kid is from heavy Republican Flagler County Huck, how was he able to leave the State? Not because of President Biden for sure.
Concerned Citizen says
If Perkins handles this case,There is a low chance of any fair justice being served.
Perkins loves the Pedos and abusers. His sentencing record speaks volumes…
George says
At his age and record so far this punk has a real problem. He needs some real mental help.
Sherry says
Not to confuse cult members with actual facts:
Crime is down. In October 2023, the FBI reported that violent crime decreased in 2022 compared to 2021. The homicide “rate fell significantly last year, by slightly more than 6% compared to 2021.” For the first three quarters of 2023, compared to 2022, there’s been an 8% decrease in violent crime and a 6% decrease in property crime. Rape is down nearly 15% and robbery has dropped 9%. Analyst Jeff Asher reported that quarterly data, “shows crime down in big cities, small cities, suburban counties, and rural counties, pretty much across the board.”
Of course, any crime is too much and in one area — car thefts — we’re still seeing an increase. And, red areas continue to experience more crime than blue areas. For example, going back to 2000, the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Trump has exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Biden. The per capita red state murder rate is 23% higher than blue states. Yes! Magazine recently looked at statistics for white Americans in red states and found that they suffer violent death rates, including from suicide, homicide, firearms, and drunk driving crashes, far higher than their counterparts in blue states (and are substantially more likely to die from COVID 19).
albert says
17 year olds can’t send porn to their 17 year old friends. wait until you’re 18!
Alonzo Hudson says
Sherry, thank you!
Alonzo Hudson says
Federal law strictly prohibits the distribution of obscene matter to minors. Any transfer or attempt to transfer such material to a minor under the age of 16, including over the Internet, is punishable under federal law. It is also illegal to use misleading website domain names with intent to deceive a minor into viewing harmful or obscene material. For example, using a cartoon character or children´s television program in the domain of a website that contains harmful or obscene material may be punishable under federal law.
In addition, visual representations, such as drawings, cartoons, or paintings that appear to depict minors engaged in sexual activity and are obscene are also illegal under federal law.
Again says
Note the name my friend, Hammock Huck. Most people that live over there are indeed disconnected from the real of the world and sometimes lack critical thinking skills…
Right says
States that “voted for Trump” also have democratic run cities within them. You’ll find most of the crime within those cities.
evetS says
In other words their head is up where the Sun don’t shine
Ray W. says
Actually, your premise is less factually accurate than you think it is. But I will let you do your own research. Then, you can apologize to FlaglerLive readers for your distortions.
Sherry says
@ Alonzo. . . Thanks so much for living in a factual reality!