A suspect in a Montgomery teen’s murder, who posted bond and was released from jail Wednesday night, is back in jail after a judge amended her bond order.
Nicholas Treyvon King-Sheppard is one of two suspects charged with felony murder in connection with the death of Montgomery teen Michael Anthony Cole, Jr.Updated: 50 minutes ago MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A suspect in a Montgomery teen’s murder, who posted bond and was released from jail Wednesday night, is back in jail after a judge amended her bond order.
Nicholas King-Sheppard, one of the suspects charged with the felony murder of Michael Cole, Jr., 16, was booked back into the Montgomery County Detention Facility around noon Thursday.for King-Sheppard and another defendant, Nedvin Jones, Jr. While Jones remained behind bars, King-Sheppard was able to raise money, allowing him to go free. However, according to court filings, Judge Reid amended her order Thursday morning to say that the suspects must pay 25% of the full bond amount in cash before they could be released. The bond was set at $750,000. The stipulation that 25% be paid in cash means the defendants would need to put up approximately $190,000. It’s not clear exactly how much money or assets it took to obtain King-Sheppard’s initial bond release, but it appears it was not enough to satisfy the judge’s updated ruling. Court filings note that the defendant then turned him self in. King-Sheppard’s attorneys provided a statement in the court filings in protest of the decision. It reads: “As it stands, Defendant, whose family posted considerable assets to secure the release of their loved one, is now faced with having to turn himself back in to the Montgomery County Detention Facility when he has committed no violations of the conditions of his release that were in effect at the time of his release, be rebooked into the jail, without the shred of the benefit of any of the procedures or due process rights assured to him under the various statutes and rules of procedure cited herein.” Both King-Sheppard and Jones originally denied any involvement in Cole’s death, but later confessed to theAs part of his bond agreement, King-Sheppard was ordered to wear an ankle monitor and observe a curfew of 6 p.m. that prevents him from leaving home until 6 a.m. the next day. He was also prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm or deadly weapon of any kind, violations of which could result in his bond being revoked.
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