Community members demand a judge increases the recently reduced 17-year-old Joseph Harrell's bond after he was accused of robbing and paralyzing a mother of three during a jugging incident.
Judge to reinstate a higher bond for the jugging suspect accused of robbing and paralyzing a woman in February.Records show Harrell's bond was reduced from $200,000 to $100,000 for a charge of aggravated robbery with serious bodily injury. His bond was also reduced from $40,000 to $30,000 for a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in an unrelated case, according to court records.
Harrell is one of two suspects charged in the aggravated robbery. Zy'Nika Ayesha Woods, 19, is also charged with aggravated robbery with serious bodily injury. Her bond is set at $50,000. Activists stood in front of the Harris County Criminal Courthouse on Wednesday to demand that Judge Kristin Guiney of the 183rd district court reinstate a higher bond for Harrell. "If he gets out, we will not feel safe as citizens but also, police officers. What happens if he commits another crime? And we’re here talking and saying, ‘We told you so. He’s out again,'" said Hai Bui, founder of We the People Organize.
"There were some recorded phone calls from the defendant to his family members regarding the GoFundMe that was established by the victim. He was more concerned about the fact that the amount of money that was generated for her GoFundMe. I think that speaks to the state of mind of him being selfish and more concerned about his own affairs," said Ken Nealy, the First Vice President of the Houston Police Officers Union.
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