On a recent Monday, a man named Floyd Howesa was discovered sleeping in a Flagstaff Barnes & Noble parking lot.

The bookstore opted to press charges, resulting in Howesa's arrest for trespassing, a booking into the Coconino County Jail, and a bond set at $250.

The tab might as well have been $25,000. Howesa, a local man with a rap sheet of nuisance crimes, sat in jail for four days until a judge compromised on a $100 bond.

Compare Howesa's case to that of former Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer, who was arrested Sept. 17, 2014, after reports surfaced that he head-butted his wife in the face after she refused sex.

Dwyer's bond was set at $25,000, which was posted immediately. Altogether, the football player put in less than 12 hours behind bars, according to jail records.

Neither Howesa nor Dwyer had been convicted for their alleged crimes, and by law, were presumed innocent. Their disparate resources made the difference between awaiting trial in the comfort of their own home vs.in a concrete cell.

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