Father arrested on drug, weapons charges as 4-year-old son found dead after New Year's disappearance

FIRST ON FOX: The begetter of a 4-year-old Florida lad who was recovered dormant aft disappearing during a New Year’s sojourn to Alabama is present facing aggregate felony charges, according to tribunal documents.

Jameson Kyle Boley, 40, of Jasper, Alabama, is charged with felony chemic endangerment of a kid and unlawful manufacture of a destructive device, according to Walker County District Court records obtained by Fox News Digital.

Boley’s son, Johnathan Everett Boley, known to household members arsenic "John John," was reported missing Dec. 31 aft helium wandered distant from a agrarian spot on Highway 195 adjacent Jasper, Alabama, portion playing extracurricular with his dog, Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith said during a quality conference.

Hundreds of instrumentality enforcement officers, volunteers, K-9 teams, drones and craft were deployed successful a multi-day hunt covering respective quadrate miles of rugged, wooded terrain.

Missing 4-year-old Johnathan Everett Boley was recovered dormant astir 2 miles from his father’s home; his canine was recovered live nearby. (FOX 13-WTVT)

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Searchers recovered the child’s assemblage connected Jan. 2, astir 2 miles from the home. The canine was recovered live nearby. Authorities person not released a origin of decease and said an autopsy and further probe are pending.

"This is not the result anyone hoped for," Smith said astatine the time. "Our hearts spell retired to this household and everyone who worked tirelessly to bring this kid home."

Smith said that during the hunt of the home, authorities discovered explosives, and the FBI was brought in.

"The hunt of the location was suspended owed to the explosives successful the house," Smith said. "The FBI is handling that aspect. Their weaponry squad is making it harmless and unafraid truthful we tin proceed the hunt of the house."

Authorities person said Johnathan and his siblings usually lived with their parent successful Florida and were visiting their begetter successful Alabama for the holidays nether a custody arrangement.

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Charges filed during search

Court records amusement investigators arrested Boley during the hunt for the missing child. He present faces charges successful 2 abstracted felony cases. In 1 case, prosecutors charged Boley with 2 counts of chemic endangerment of a child, a felony nether Alabama law.

According to a transgression complaint, investigators allege that "on oregon astir Dec. 31, 2025", Boley, who is identified successful tribunal records arsenic a "responsible person, to-wit: the father," knowingly, recklessly oregon intentionally caused oregon permitted 2 children, including Johnathan, to beryllium exposed to, ingest, inhale oregon person interaction with methamphetamine.

The 4-year-old disappeared connected Dec. 31, which is allegedly the aforesaid time the children were exposed to methamphetamine wrong the home. Court records did not specify the magnitude of methamphetamine that was recovered connected the spot oregon whether the children tested positive.

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Jameson Boley, 40, is charged with unlawful manufacturing of a destructive instrumentality and 2 counts of chemic endangerment of a child.  (Blount County Jail)

In a abstracted felony case, Boley is charged with the unlawful manufacture of a destructive device, tribunal filings show.

That ailment alleges Boley possessed precursor substances with the intent to unlawfully manufacture a destructive instrumentality oregon bacteriological weapon.

Investigators said Boley was not authorized by authorities oregon national instrumentality to person specified materials. Law enforcement officials person said that the destructive-device complaint is not related to the decease of his son.

"At this time, determination is nary grounds indicating foul play successful the child’s death, and these charges should not beryllium conflated with the hunt for Johnathan," Smith said during a quality conference.

Judge cites ‘danger to the community,’ sets cash-only bonds

Bond proceeding records amusement a Walker County territory justice ordered Boley held connected cash-only bonds totaling $400,000, citing nationalist information concerns.

In the chemic endangerment case, the justice acceptable enslaved astatine $100,000 cash. In the destructive-device case, enslaved was acceptable astatine $300,000 cash.

The assemblage of Johnathan Boley was recovered successful a wooded country adjacent his father’s Alabama location connected Jan. 2, 2025. (FOX 13-WTVT)

In some enslaved orders, the justice made handwritten notes, penning that Boley is simply a "danger to the community," according to records reviewed by Fox News Digital. Boley remains successful custody.

Court records amusement that Boley was appointed a nationalist defender and has formally requested preliminary hearings successful some felony cases. A territory justice granted those requests, and the hearings are scheduled for Jan. 20 astatine the Walker County Courthouse Annex, records show.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Boley’s appointed attorney, Sam Bentley, for comment.

Members of the Church of the Apostles and DaySpring Summer Camp successful Parrish, Florida gathered for a candlelight supplication vigil for Johnathan Boley. (FOX 13-WTVT)

Former Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead said the cash-only enslaved amounts look accordant with the severity of the charges and the court’s findings.

"Setting a precocious currency bond, peculiarly aft reviewing the defendant’s fiscal status, often means the tribunal expects the idiosyncratic to stay successful custody," Halstead told Fox News Digital. "I’ve seen this galore times successful my career, and the amounts present look reflective of the charges the fishy is facing."

Halstead noted that tribunal records explicitly mention nationalist information concerns.

"When I reviewed the enslaved proceeding order, it intelligibly states that the fishy is simply a ‘danger to the community,’" helium said. "That is simply a modular and due notation successful cases involving allegations of this nature."

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Authorities said the probe into Johnathan's decease remains ongoing and that further accusation volition beryllium released erstwhile available. Officials person asked the nationalist to let the household privateness arsenic they grieve.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Walker County District Attorney’s Office, the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, the Jasper Police Department, and the FBI’s Birmingham Field Office for comment.