{"id":7098,"date":"2012-02-24T11:46:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T19:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=7098"},"modified":"2012-02-24T11:47:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T19:47:18","slug":"robert-matheson-released-from-canadian-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=7098","title":{"rendered":"Robert Matheson Released from Canadian Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em><\/em><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6252\" style=\"width: 132px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2k9WT_7566matheson.jpg\"><em><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6252\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6252\" title=\"2k9WT_7566matheson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2k9WT_7566matheson-122x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2k9WT_7566matheson-122x150.jpg 122w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2k9WT_7566matheson-244x300.jpg 244w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2k9WT_7566matheson.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/em><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Matheson in 2009, News Net file photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Press Release from SMPD posted 2\/24\/12 &#8211;<\/em> On February 22, 2012, Sierra Madre resident Robert Matheson was released from a Canadian custodial facility after serving time for child pornography-related charges.<\/p>\n<p>Matheson returned home on February 23, 2012 and met with local police officials on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Matheson voluntarily came to the police station and met with Interim Police Chief Larry Giannone.\u00a0 Giannone said \u201cMr. Matheson voluntarily came to the police station to advise us that he was back at his residence and simply stated; \u201cThere are two sides to every story\u201d.\u00a0 The Police Department has confirmed at this time Mr. Matheson is under no obligation to register as a sex offender based on California law.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials were notified that he would be released at the end of February, but were unsure of the exact date.\u00a0 The ICE investigation regarding Matheson is still on-going.<\/p>\n<p>Giannone said \u201cICE is still actively working on the Matheson case, however it is a lengthy process and I am not at the liberty to discuss details of the investigation.\u00a0 Mr. Matheson is aware of the continuing investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Inquiries regarding the investigation should be directed to ICE Media Coordinator Virginia Kice at (949) 360-3096.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release from SMPD posted 2\/24\/12 &#8211; On February 22, 2012, Sierra Madre resident Robert Matheson was released from a Canadian custodial facility after serving time for child pornography-related charges. Matheson returned home on February&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[14,225],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}