Activist-minister aiding teen killer Karmelo Anthony has his personal prolonged rap sheet: stories

An activist representing accused teen killer Karmelo Anthony has a prolonged felony historical past that features a conviction on baby abuse expenses and allegations of home violence from a former romantic accomplice, in accordance with previous stories.

Minister Dominique Alexander, the appointed spokesperson for the alleged teen assassin, has beforehand been charged with a number of felonies for which he served virtually zero jail time, in accordance with native stories.

Again in 2009, Alexander was arrested for shaking and hitting the 2-year-old baby of his then-girlfriend with an object, in accordance with Fox 4 Dallas.

He was convicted of the fees in 2011, receiving two years of probation from a Dallas court docket.

Nevertheless, in 2016, the activist was sentenced to 2 years in jail for a number of violations of that probation — however solely served eight days in jail for 2 listed infractions of touring out of state, in accordance with the Dallas Morning Information.

Throughout this probation interval, Alexander was indicted on felony forgery expenses in Jan. 2013, in accordance with the Dallas Observer.

In 2017, the minister was arrested on felony theft expenses of property between $2,500 and $30,000 — garnering a potential sentence of 20 years in jail as a result of his earlier forgery conviction, the Dallas Observer reported.

In the latest authorized infraction, Alexander was indicted in 2019 on felony assault expenses in a home violence case stemming from his actions in opposition to then girlfriend and child mama Keyaira D. Saunders, in accordance with WFAA.

Saunders accused Alexander of pushing, choking, and head-butting her throughout a number of altercations — however the mom of two determined in opposition to continuing with a trial, the native ABC affiliate station reported on the time.

Alexander is the president and CEO of “Subsequent Era Motion Community” which has come to the facet of 17-year-old Anthony, a Texas excessive schooler accused of fatally stabbing fellow athlete Austin Metcalf by means of the guts at a observe meet on April 2.

Subsequent Era Motion Community has proudly publicized their efforts to supply help and luxury to the accused killer — posting on social media a video of activists dramatically escorting Anthony from Collin County Jail whereas shielding him from media questions.

“That is what crew NGAN appears like. That is what people-powered justice appears like,” the minister wrote within the submit.

On Thursday, Alexander held a information convention on the case that was crashed by Jeff Metcalf, father of the slain teen, a lot to the dismay of the minister-activist.

“Anybody who really is aware of me understands how onerous right now’s press convention was for me,” Alexander stated in a Fb submit.

“I used to be deeply upset by the truth that the daddy would do what he did. It confirmed his true colours and proved that, whereas we have been working to deal with the state of affairs appropriately, he was undermining the method,” Alexander wrote.

“This isn’t an act of mourning — it was a delibrate distraction, an intentional disruption of an necessary second. I don’t care what anybody says: he had no proper to be there.”

Anthony and his household have confronted intensified scrutiny after it was revealed they’re now renting a $900K house in a gated neighborhood and acquired a brand new automobile regardless of requesting a decide to decrease his $1 million bond due to monetary difficulties.