CAPTAIN
CAPTAIN TELLS ME THEY NEED A TIP FROM SOMEBODY WITH
INFORMATION IN ORDER TO MAKE
AN ARREST.
AN ARREST. EVELYN'S FAMILY TELLS ME HER
HUSBAND IN HIS 90s JUST WANTS
ANSWERS WHILE HE IS STILL
ALIVE.
ALIVE.
ALIVE. >>> A HIGHLY DANGEROUS POLICE
CHASE.
CHASE.
CHASE. ALLEGATIONS OF RAPE AND
KIDNAPPING AND A SUSPECT WITH
A CRIMINAL RECORD SO LONG IT
LEAVES SOME TO WONDER IF
MINNESOTA IS THE LAND OF
10,002nd CHANCES.
10,002nd CHANCES. >> DRIVING THE WRONG ONCOMING
LANE.
LANE.
LANE. >>
LANE. >> Reporter: JEFFREY GROVE'S
SPEEDING THROUGH TRAFFIC.
GOING THE WRONG WAY.
>> THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST
DANGEROUS THING THAT COULD
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> CHASING A KIDNAPPED
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT. SEXUAL ASSAULT SUSPECT AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. >>
WELL. >> Reporter: RUNNING FROM
ACCUSATIONS SHOCKING IN THEIR
BRUTALITY.
BRUTALITY. THE KIDNAPPING OF AN ELDERLY
WOMAN.
WOMAN.
WOMAN. >>
WOMAN. >> GOING IN THE WESTBOUND LANE
ON THE BRIDGE.
>> Reporter: BUT AS THIS SCENE
UNFOLDED THERE WAS A GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT SHOCKED.
BECAUSE HIS MANY PREVIOUS
VICTIMS ALREADY KNEW THIS MAN
WAS DANGEROUS.
WAS DANGEROUS. >> VERY VIOLENT MAN.
>> Reporter: JIMMY FOEGELE'S
CASE AGAINST JEFFREY GROVES IS
JUST A FEW LINES ON A CRIMINAL
RECORD STRETCHING BACK THREE
DECADES.
DECADES.
DECADES. THE CHARGES HE SAYS OF
HARASSMENT AND STALKING DON'T
DO JUSTICE TO THE TERROR HE
FELT WHEN GROVES LIVED ACROSS
THE STREET.
THE STREET. >> WHAT DID HE THREATEN?
>> JUST TO KILL MY WIFE AND
KILL MY DOGS.
>> Reporter: GROVES PUNCHED
FOEGELE, SPLATTERED DOG FECES
ON THE PORCH, JIMMY SAYS
GROVES EVEN LIT HIS LAWN ON
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. >>
FIRE. >> WITH ALL OF HIS THREATS, I
HAD TO GO OUT AND GET A
LICENSE TO CARRY.
BECAUSE I WAS THAT FRIGHTENED
FOR MY SAFETY AND THAT OF MY
WIFE.
WIFE.
WIFE. >>
WIFE. >> Reporter: GROVES WOULD
PLEAD GUILTY TO MISDEMEANORS
AND BE SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS
IN THE COUNTY WORKHOUSE AND
RECEIVE TWO YEARS PROBATION AS
LONG AS HE STAYED LAW-ABIDING.
BUT THEN A DEVELOPMENT YOU
WILL SEE PLAY OUT AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. GROVES VIOLATED HIS PROBATION
BY BREAKING THE LAW AND AS A
PUNISHMENT GOT WORK-RELEASE
AND PROBATION AGAIN.
>> THAT WAS THE PART THAT
ABSOLUTELY MYSTIFIED ME.
HOW HE COULD GO ON AND ON AND
ON AND BASICALLY THE SYSTEM
DIDN'T STOP HIM.
>> Reporter: OVER THE NEXT FE
YEARS, MORE ARRESTS.
ANOTHER RESTRAINING ORDER @AGAI
>> IT WAS PRETTY SCARY WHEN
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL YOUR
DOORS AND WINDOWS ARE LOCKED.
>> Reporter: PRISON TIME FOR
BURGLARY, PROBATION AGAIN FOR
A THEFT CASE.
AND AN ARREST THAT SAME YEAR
FOR TERRORIZING HIS LIVE-IN
GIRLFRIEND AND HER KIDS.
SHE SAID GROVES WAS DESTROYING
HER HOME, LEAVING DOG FECES,
SENDING HER THREATENING TEXT
MESSAGES TRYING TO EXTORT SEX.
THIS TIME GROVES VIOLATED
ORDERS FOR PROTECTION THREE
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. EACH ONE A FELONY THAT
SENTENCING GUIDELINES SHOW
SHOULD HAVE CARRIED PRISON
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. BUT
TIME. BUT AGAIN HE WAS GIVEN WHAT
JUDGE ROSEANN NATHANSON CALLED
A HUGE BREAK.
KARE 11 OBTAINED THE
TRANSCRIPTS FROM SENTENCING.
JUDGE NATHANSON SENTENCED
GROVES TO SOME LOCAL WORKHOUSE
TIME AND PROBATION.
INSTEAD OF COMMITTING HIM TO
30 MONTHS IN PRISON LIKE THE
GUIDELINES CALLED FOR.
WHY?
WHY?
WHY? SHE
WHY? SHE SAID HE EXPRESSED REMORSE
AND WAS GET THIS, PARTICULARLY
AMENABLE TO PROBATION.
A YEAR LATER WHEN GROVES
CONTACTED HIS VICTIM AGAIN
DESPITE A COURT ORDER NOT TO,
DOUG THOMAS GILLIGAN AGAIN
FOUND HE WAS AMENABLE TO
PROBATION.
PROBATION. AMENABLE TO PROBATION, THIS
GUY WHO HAD VIOLATED NEARLY
EVERY PROBATION HE HAD EVER
BEEN GRANTED.
BEEN GRANTED. WHO BY 2017 HAD RACKED UP NINE
FELONIES, NINE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE-RELATED MISDEMEANORS,
VIOLENCE-RELATED MISDEMEANORS, MANY WHILE ON PROBATION, SIX
DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAD ORDERS OF
PROTECTION AGAINST HIM, WE
WONDERED HOW OFTEN DOES THIS
HAPPEN?
HAPPEN?
HAPPEN? >> UNLESS IT'S AN EXTREMELY
SERIOUS CRIME THE SYSTEM IS
GOING TO GO WITH PROBATION.
>> Reporter: FORMER RAMSEY
COUNTY PROSECUTOR SUSAN GUYGER
SAYS MINNESOTA POLICYMAKERS
DECIDED THAT PROBATION NOT
PRESENT IS THE WAY TO HANDLE
THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES.
AND THE NUMBERS BEAR THAT OUT.
A KARE 11 ANALYSIS OF 10 YEARS
OF RECORDS FINDS A STEADY
INCREASE IN REPEAT PROBATIONS.
WHERE SOMEONE LIKE GROVES WHO
ALREADY HAD A FELONY
CONVICTION FACED PRISON FOR A
NEW CRIME.
NEW CRIME. BUT WAS ONLY GIVEN JAIL OR
PROBATION.
PROBATION. UP TO NEARLY 1,000 CASES IN
2018.
2018.
2018. >>
2018. >> WHEN PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS
LOOK AT THIS AND SAY HOW IN
THE HECK DID THIS HAPPEN?
WHAT WOULD YOUR RESPONSE AS A
FORMER PROSECUTOR BE?
>> IT'S BEEN, TAKING MUCH TOO
LONG FOR CRIMES LIKE
HARASSMENT AND OTHER KINDS OF
VERY SCARY BEHAVIOR
TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
>> Reporter: BACK TO THE
GROVES CASE.
GROVES CASE. AFTER THAT BREAK IN 2017, WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT?
HAPPENED NEXT? HE FAILED DRUG TESTS, FAILED
TO SHOW UP TO PROBATION
APPOINTMENTS, AND YES,
COMMITTED ANOTHER CRIME.
RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY.
A CRIME THAT IF PROBATION HAD
BEEN REVOKED IMMEDIATELY WOULD
HAVE PUT GROVES IN PRISON THIS
SUMMER.
SUMMER.
SUMMER. BEFORE HE ALLEGEDLY RAPE A
DEFENSELESS WOMAN.
DEFENSELESS WOMAN. >> I'M GOING TO TRY TO PIN HIM
AT THE BOTTOM.
>> Reporter: BEFORE HE RAN
FROM POLICE.
FROM POLICE. >> THE VEHICLE IS IN THE
DITCH.
DITCH.
DITCH. SMOKING.
SMOKING.
SMOKING. >> Reporter: HE COULDN'T
ESCAPE THEM.
ESCAPE THEM. GROVES' VICTIMS HOPE THIS TIME
HE WON'T ESCAPE JUSTICE.
>> GET HIM OFF THE STREET.
HE IS A THREAT.
>> WHY DIDN'T JUDGES FOLLOW
THE GUIDELINES?
THE GUIDELINES? THE JUDGES WHO SENTENCED
GROVES WOULDN'T COMMENT ON
THEIR DECISIONS.
THEIR DECISIONS. THIS TIME, FOR RAPE AND
KIDNAPPING GROVES FACES