A parolee with a long arrest record was once again in trouble with the law after a call came in overnight about a disturbance at a vacant house on 6th Street.
Officers detained Dallas Milar, who has 49 previous arrests, and issued him a summons to appear in court later.
If you’ll recall, Milar was a central figure in the case that prompted the State of Ohio to reprimand Judge Alan Lemons for his actions in removing Milar’s children from a dangerous home situation.
Lemons said he was frustrated with Scioto County CPS that he visited a home and issued an order to remove children from what he felt was an unsafe situation.
Back in 2017, Milar was arrested for corrupting a minor with drugs and put in the Scioto County Jail. The children’s mother was also incarcerated at the time. The children were in the care of their invalid grandfather.
A worried school resource officer contacted a member of the judge’s staff because he was worried for the children’s safety. As a result, a member of Judge Lemon’s staff and the father’s probation officer visited the house. They discovered an overflowing toilet, a house full of dog feces, a broken refrigerator, no beds for the children, and that the water had been turned off.
However, when a CPS worker visited the home, she told the court that CPS protocols prevented her from immediately removing the children. When the judge pressed her over the decision, the caseworker allegedly admitted she “wouldn’t leave a dog in that house.”
A frustrated Judge Lemons decided to visit the home where he discovered the grandfather’s oxygen tank next to an open flame, a filthy house, no refrigerator, and the children inappropriately dressed for the weather. The judge decided to go ahead and issue an emergency order to remove the children without consulting CPS or the parents of the children that he had visited the home.
Milar only discovered the judge had been in the home when he reprimanded him at a custody hearing.
Milar was released on parole back in September of 2020 and has been arrested multiple times for parole violation and criminal trespass since then.
