Jeffrey Jones Sex Offender Bust: "Ferris Bueller" principal failed to report residence change
He was successful, wealthy, and a talented actor. Sadly, he was also a DUMB@$$ with an unhealthy (and illegal) fondness for young boys- a convicted one, no less. In Florida, that means the local constabulary are going to want to keep tabs on the whereabouts Mr. Jones. Unfortunately, Mr. Jones sorta forgot to let them know that he had moved, and in Florida that's a felony. Oops...was that a DUMB@$$ AWARD I just heard. Yep, sure was....
JULY 2--Actor/convicted sex offender Jeffrey Jones was arrested yesterday for failing to inform Florida authorities that he had moved from a temporary residence in Sarasota where he was bunking with his mother. The 57-year-old performer, best known as the snarling principal from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," formally registered as a Sunshine State sex offender last December, months after he pleaded no contest in Los Angeles to a felony charge of paying a 14-year-old boy to pose for explicit photos. According to a probable cause affidavit, Jones was nabbed Thursday after Sarasota sheriff's deputies learned that he had moved to a new residence without informing law enforcement authorities (who tend to want to know the whereabouts of sex offenders). Jones, pictured below in a sheriff's arrest card, is facing two new felonies for failing to apprise cops of his new crib.
Well, I suppose that's what you get for messing around with 14-year-old boys. People tend to frown on this, and if you're convicted of that sort of thing, you get to spend the rest of your life doing the Hester Prynne impression. Do the crime, do the time, suffer the stigma. Perhaps this will convince a few people that it's usually best to wait until your playthings are at least of legal age. I doubt it, though. This is one reason why we will no doubt have a never-ending supply of DUMB@$$ES.
