Overview
- The multi-county grand jury report, released Friday, alleges Gov. Kevin Stitt called Department of Corrections officials about Sara Polston’s placement on GPS monitoring, and he said he did no favors and called the report political.
- Polston left prison for GPS monitoring after 73 days of an eight-year in-custody term from a 15-year split sentence for a 2023 DUI crash that gravely injured 20-year-old Micaela Borrego.
- Investigators pointed to jail calls where the Polstons referred to “the guy,” “our friend,” and “our buddy,” and they noted nearly $30,000 in contributions the couple made to Stitt’s campaigns.
- The panel said the GPS program relies on a fast, one-sided vetting process that can override judges and mute victims, and it urged minimum time served, victim notice, board oversight of transfers, revised DOC policies, and new training.
- Lawmakers have already narrowed GPS eligibility with Senate Bill 137, which adds great-bodily-injury DUI to the disqualifying list, and investigators said they lacked evidence to charge DOC staff or the governor.