Jordan D. Haskins cannot own a firearm. For the majority of his adult life, he could neither vote nor serve on a jury.
But a checkered past that includes stints in prison systems in two states and his current status as a parolee does not preclude the 24-year-old Saginaw man from running for office.
Haskins says he knows his criminal record works against him, but he's undeterred.
"Those are things that haunt me to this day," Haskins said. "I'm just trying to move on from that and do what I can."
Haskins' criminal charges stem from trespassing on private and public property in four cases from April 2010 to January 2011, when he was sent to prison. As part of the break-ins, he started vehicles to facilitate an uncommon sexual fetish Haskins called "cranking" in interviews with police.
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Haskins said his crimes focused mainly on breaking into cars and joyriding.
"I was just a lonely, angry kid at the time," he said. "If anything, I could be put on 'World's Dumbest Criminals.'"
Haskins said he was drawn to criminal behavior for the "the thrill."
"I was bored," he said. "It was the rush."
Haskins grew up in Saginaw and lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 2006 to 2010.
North Carolina's Department of Public Safety reports a lengthy list of sentences to prison, county jail and probation for offenses Haskins committed in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. The offenses include breaking and entering, larceny and trespassing.
After moving to Michigan, Haskins faced multiple charges for similar offenses in 2010 and 2011.
Felony convictions linked to sexual fetish 'haunt me,' Saginaw state House candidate says | MLive.com
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