Jury indicts Idaho man for intentionaly spreading HIV, again

Boise, March 12: Kerry Thomas was the first person in Idaho to be convicted of maliciously and intentionally spreading the HIVdefine-AIDS virus. Now, after nearly a gap of ten years, he is once again facing criminal penalties associated with intentional transmission of the virus.

An Ada County grand jury has charged Thomas with seven counts of engaging in risky behavior and deliberately spreading the disease. He is also charged with being a persistent violator because he has been convicted of two prior felonies.

In the year 1990, Thomas’ was a ground breaking case which sent him to prison for 12 years on account of his reckless conduct, of having unprotected sex, despite knowing that he was HIVdefine positivedefine. He was quite famous as a former BSU basketball player. He was released early on parole when he reached a plea agreement for the lesser charge of statutory rape.

Thomas became notorious for deliberately having sexual relations without revealing he was infected with the HIV virus. In December, the Boise Police found him guilty of a sexual relationship with a woman and transferring the virus that causes AIDS.

Having completed his sentence, Thomas is once again out on parole. But according to reports of the Ada County Prosecutors he has not learnt a lesson. He was once again up to his old tricks indulging in unprotected sex and endangering lives. He has been listed as a persistent sex offender, and, if convicted, could in all probability spend the rest of his life behind bars.

When Jean Fisher, Ada County deputy prosecutor, was questioned why Thomas, being aware of his own serious HIV condition, still engaged in sex, contaminating people, Fisher said, "That's the $64,000 question, for a person who has been to prison twice.”