'Defendant went AWOL', outdoor movie nights, here are today's top stories | Daily Briefing

Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Jaret Wright pleads guilty to charges of gross sexual imposition and possessing child pornography at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
Jaret Wright pleads guilty to charges of gross sexual imposition and possessing child pornography at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Hello – it's Kevin Grasha writing. I cover courts for The Enquirer. In June 2022, I was at the sentencing for Jaret Wright, who pleaded guilty in Hamilton County to sex crimes after he lived in a teen girl’s bedroom for three weeks – without the girl’s mother or two siblings knowing.

The first stage of Wright’s sentence was for him to complete sex offender treatment at a “secure,” locked facility.

But after the 22-year-old was arrested nearly a year later in Virginia with a missing girl from Pennsylvania, I discovered that he never went to a secure facility. Instead, Wright was sent to a halfway house that was not locked down. And in October 2022, he just walked away.

“I knew it was a matter of time before he did this again," his biological mother said. "He thinks he is untouchable.”

How and why did this happen? Here’s what I learned.

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What else you need to know Wednesday, May 31

☀️ Weather: High of 87. Mostly sunny and warm.

⚖️ Jeff Pastor: Former Cincinnati Councilman to plead guilty in corruption case.

📽️ Movies: Adults-only outdoor movie nights returning to Cincy this summer. Here's the film lineup.

⚾ Reds: ‘You want everyone else to be tired’: The turning point of Matt McLain’s career.

🎫 Concerts: Kesha, Dylan Scott are coming to Greater Cincinnati. Here's when to get tickets.

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Dave Matthews Band's Walk Around the Moon Summer Tour came to Riverbend Music Center on Saturday, May 27. More than 15,000 showed up for the first Riverbend concert of the season. Check out the full summer music schedule HERE or more photos from the Dave Matthews Band show HERE.

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