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Police: Dallas man assaulted pregnant fiancée while out on bond in wife’s fatal shooting

Peter Nicholas faces charges of assault of a pregnant person and deadly conduct.

A man out on bond after being accused of fatally shooting his wife in 2019 is back behind bars after police say he assaulted his pregnant fiancée.

Peter Noble Nicholas III, 33, was booked into the Dallas County jail June 11 on charges of assault of a pregnant person and deadly conduct stemming from a pair of incidents this month. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney for those charges.

On June 9, Nicholas began arguing with and verbally abusing his fiancée, who was 32 weeks pregnant with his twins, police allege in an arrest-warrant affidavit.

When the woman went to shower, Nicholas followed her and ordered her to perform a sex act on him. He choked her from behind and said, “You ready to do your job, you [expletive]?” the affidavit says.

The woman told Nicholas to stop touching her inappropriately. He said he was joking, but the woman “knew that the suspect was never joking,” police wrote.

After the woman got in the shower, Nicholas again choked her, then punched her in the stomach when she told him to stop, according to the affidavit.

The woman told him she feared there would be complications with her pregnancy as a result, to which Nicholas replied, “Well, all you gotta do is do as I say and everything will be easier for you,” the affidavit says.

The woman’s 6-year-old son was home at the time but did not witness the incident, police wrote in the affidavit.

‘Extreme measures’

Two days later, the woman called police to the home again about an incident that occurred while she was driving on Interstate 35E with Nicholas in the passenger seat. He got angry and pushed her arms to try to control the car, forcing her to jerk the vehicle to avoid a crash, an affidavit for a charge of deadly conduct says.

Her son was not in the vehicle, police said.

After they got home, Nicholas took “numerous extreme measures” to try and control his fiancée and her son — including disabling the internet, hiding the woman’s keys, locking her out of her bedroom, changing the passcode on her phone and disabling her car, police wrote in the document.

Nicholas and his fiancée have lived together since December 2020, police said, and got engaged in late May.

The woman also told officers about a number of other incidents that occurred between May 20 to June 11. Police wrote in an affidavit that five additional potential family-violence offenses were identified and will be investigated further; the status of those investigations is unclear.

Fatal 2019 shooting

Nicholas was arrested July 29, 2019, after police were called about a disturbance at Hotel ZaZa in Uptown Dallas.

According to an arrest-warrant affidavit, someone called 911 and said they heard a woman screaming.

Security guards who went to the room after getting a noise complaint said they heard a gunshot. They then heard a man cursing and screaming “Oh my god,” followed by crashing sounds.

When police arrived, Nicholas opened the door. He was partially covered in blood and had an extension cord wrapped around his neck, police wrote in the affidavit.

He appeared to be under the influence of drugs and was taken to a hospital.

His wife, 32-year-old Jacqueline-Rose Nicholas, was found dead in the room with a gunshot wound. A handgun was also found inside the room, according to the affidavit.

Nicholas was indicted on a murder charge in November 2019 and released from jail on $250,000 bond days later. Court records show he was indicted again in March on an aggravated assault charge for the same incident.

In April, prosecutors and Nicholas’ attorney in that case filed a joint motion seeking a continuance. Prosecutors cited a witness’ availability in their request; Nicholas’ attorney asked the judge for more time to secure an expert witness, noting that Nicholas and his wife had both ingested hallucinogens before the shooting, and to adjust the defense strategy to reflect the new charge.

Nicholas, who is being held in the Dallas County jail without bail, is scheduled to face trial for the aggravated assault charge in August.

29-year-old man murdered after judge grants felony PR bond to armed robber recently paroled from prison

HOUSTON – “I’ve never had any of these defendants we’ve profiled on Breaking Bond on parole and on a felony PR bond charged with murder,” said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers. “This is a first.”

30-year–old Quinnton Allen is a convicted armed robber. He spent almost a decade in prison.

“He just got paroled December 3, 2021, and within two weeks, he gets charged with felon in possession of a weapon a gun, blatant violation,” Kahan said.

Allen not only got to stay on parole, but 185th Criminal District Court Judge Jason Luong granted him a PR bond for his new felony charge of felon in possession of a weapon.

“How do you get a personal recognizance bond, a get out of jail free card, for a convicted felon just released from prison?” said Kahan.

That decision may have cost 29–year–old Luis Espinoza his life. Police say Allen shot and killed Espinoza on June 18. He’s back behind bars with no bond set.

“Someone who is already convicted of a felony, and also has a weapon, they’re not supposed to have that to begin with,” said Sydney Zuicker with Crime Stoppers.

In a Breaking Bond report last month, we told you how Raymond Young and Delvin Clemons were out on bond for felon in possession of a weapon. Both went on to allegedly commit murder.

Because there are so many cases like this, Crime Stoppers is now researching the problem.

“My prediction is that felon in possession of a weapon is going to be present in a lot of our homicide cases, a lot of our family violence cases, and therefore it’s something that has to be addressed,” Zuicker said.

Mother of 9-year-old shooting victim said suspect threatened to kill her a week ago

According to court documents, Jones was out on five different bonds in Harris County when he allegedly shot Khylie Sorrells and her mom Brittany.

HOUSTON — The mother of a little girl shot and killed in the Heights Monday said the man charged with her murder came to their apartment with a gun last week, court documents say.

Brittany Sorrells said Jeremiah Jones, her ex-boyfriend, threatened to kill her.  It’s not clear if she filed a police report when it happened, but police said she had filed complaints against him in the past.

Jones, 22, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with capital murder for the shooting death of 9-year-old Khylie Sorrells. He’s also charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon because the girl’s mom was also shot Monday night at their apartment complex on Oxford Street.

Jeremiah Jones’ criminal history

According to court documents, Jones was out on five different bonds in Harris County when he allegedly shot Khylie and her mom.

In fact, he was released on bond just two weeks before the murder after being charged with felon in possession of a firearm.

Victims’ advocate Andy Kahan, with Crime Stoppers, said Jones never should have been set free.

“They had this guy multiple times, they had umteenth chances to keep him in custody,” Kahan said. “Every time he was released on bond, he violated his bond conditions by being charged with yet another crime.”

Other recent cases included:

  • Evading in a motor vehicle
  • Terroristic threat against a family member
  • Burglary of a habitation

Jones’ rap sheet dates back to at least 2018 and includes theft, burglary and trespassing.

“While everyone is entitled to a bond, if you are on bond for a felony offense and you pick up a new felony offense, you are no longer entitled to a bond and that time the judge can no bond you,” KHOU 11 legal analyst Carmen Roe said.

 That didn’t appear to happen in Jones’ case.

“In this particular case, it appears he had several opportunities where the state could have filed to no bond him and the judge could have held him in custody without a bond,” Roe said.

We don’t know if he committed any crimes before 2018 because he would have been a juvenile and those records aren’t available.

When Jones was arrested by HPD SWAT team members Tuesday night near Spring, police say he had a gun.

Domestic disturbance ends in tragedy

Court documents tell the story of what happened leading up to the shooting.

Sorrells said Jones returned to the apartment she shares with her three children and a cousin Monday night around 10 p.m.

The cousin was outside and tried to call and warn her, but by the time she answered the phone, Jones had already entered through the unlocked front door.

Sorrells said she was in bed watching a movie with her three daughters when Jones barged in. He ripped the television from the wall saying it belonged to him.

Sorrells said she broke up with Jones two months ago but he was in a jealous rage and accused her of seeing other men. After demanding her phone, he went back to the bedroom and shot Khylie in the head, according to Sorrells. She said he then shot her in the shoulder and left.

Khylie was rushed to the hospital but didn’t survive. Her mom was treated for a gunshot wound and released.

Sorrells’ 7-year-old and 1-year-old daughters weren’t physically harmed but they apparently saw their sister get shot.

‘Sweet child’

Her mom, Brittany Sorrells, said the Windsor Village Elementary School student was a good basketball player who loved to make TikTok videos. She was also in a program with the Houston Police Department.

“This senseless act of domestic violence hits home for me and the HPD family. That sweet child was a student and member of our Police Activities League (PAL) program,” Police Chief Troy Finner said. “Please pray for this angel, her mother and her family.”

A GoFundMe.com account has been set up to help pay for funeral and medical expenses.

If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, here are some discreet ways to reach out for help.

The Houston Area Women’s Center has a 24-hour hotline for victims of domestic violence at 713-528-2121 or 1-800-256-0551.

The Family Time Crisis Center can also be reached 24 hours a day at 281-446-2615.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.

Or text LOVEIS to 22522.

Judges lift trial COVID-19 restrictions in effort to reduce backlog

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Nueces County judges removed COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place since 2020, on Tuesday.

The Nueces County Board of Judges voted to lift restrictions it adopted that limit where juries can be chosen, and how many jury trials can be held in the courthouse at a time. The board kept an order that allows judges to hold hearings over Zoom.

Nueces County Jail currently is at 100 percent capacity and 281 inmates have been held for more than 100 days, awaiting trial. Of those 281 inmates, 88 are charged with murder, said 117th District Court Judge Sandra Watts.

The board of judges also received approval for a grant for $900,000, which will help cover the cost of a visiting judge and two prosecutors. The visiting judge will preside over an auxiliary court two weeks out of every month for the next two years. The court is expected to be functional Aug. 1.

Board of Judges Presiding Judge Carlos Valdez said they are looking to focus on prisoners who have been in jail for more than 100 days, initially.

In previous meetings, the board of judges has said it needs three more district-court judges, but hiring those three judges and the staff they need would bankrupt the county.

Watts placed the item on the agenda for consideration and told judges that she believed it was time to go back to normal.

“I think we’ll still encourage people to wear masks if they want to,” Watts said. “The problem with the docketing and the scheduling is: the seventh floor goes on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays. So it’s very stilted. So, sometimes it didn’t flow to allow us to do as many cases as we could.”

Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales told district court judges that, while things do have to get back to normal, it was important to “not throw caution to the wind.”

Watts told judges she believes the courts can go back to doing more jury trials by removing the restrictions.

As the courts prepare to hold more jury trials, Nueces County First Assistant District Attorney Angelica Hernandez told the board her office is down several prosecutors, and may be losing another three in the next three weeks.

“I understand we are separate entities and the judges, you have to do what you think is right in regard to your dockets, but I just need you to understand — I know, Judge Stith, you only have one prosecutor,” Hernandez said. “We will endeavor to do our best, as we always do, and we understand you have to take everything on a case-by-case basis, but we literally may be 16 prosecutors down in the next three weeks.”

Hernandez told judges that the issue is a nationwide one, with some of the DA’s office prosecutors moving out-of-state to take jobs. Another issue, she said, is that defense firms can pay more.

319th District Court Judge David Stith said the issue isn’t just about hiring attorneys, but hiring prosecutors with experience.

“You have prosecutors going up into felony court that you’re expecting to try an agg(ravated) assault or, God forbid, a sexual assault of a child, or a murder, that are unfamiliar with the rules of evidence, that are unfamiliar with how you get in a piece of evidence,” Stith said. “That affects everybody. That’s going to be a ‘not guilty’ — that person’s going to go back out on the street.”

Hernandez agreed with Stith, saying it is a DA’s office problem.

“We have tried to not do a trial-by-fire with prosecutors,” Hernandez said. “We are at that point now. We will have brand new prosecutors — cover your ears defense attorneys — brand new prosecutors that are going to be trying agg assault, DWs, they’re going to be trying murder cases that have never even tried a misdemeanor. That is where we are.”

Canales said that the Nueces County Commissioner’s Court is working to address pay at the DA’s office. Last week the court voted to increase the pay of an open position.

18-year-old charged with murder, aggravated assault violates bond conditions at least 37 times

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – 18-year-old Corey Hodge could be a poster guy for Breaking Bond.

“This is clearly you are breaking your bond conditions,” said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers.

On April 17, 2021, police say Hodge shot and killed a 17-year-old man, and wounded an 18-year-old at 1445 Lakeside Estates Drive.

Then on Aug. 19, 2021, he was charged with murder and aggravated assault.

Just two months later, in October of 2021, he had the resources to post bonds totaling $270,000.

But a month later, court documents state he can’t afford the monthly fee to obtain a GPS device.

“The monthly GPS fees aren’t that much, so in other words, he’s basically saying he doesn’t want to have a GPS on him, or he doesn’t want to have to pay for it,” said Houston City Councilmember Michael Kubosh.

“It’s clearly obvious by the documentation, he had zero intentions of abiding by any condition of his bond,” Kahan said.

In addition to a GPS monitor, Hodge was under 24-hour home confinement.

“You are supposed to be on a GPS, you are supposed to be under 24-hour house arrest. None of that happened within days and weeks of getting out on bond,” said Kahan.

In a bond condition violation report, Harris County Pre-trial Service tells 176th Criminal District Court Judge Nikita Harmon about 37 times Hodge violated his house arrest. But it took more than a month for anything to happen.

“If this would have happened in 2015, the first time he offended, the judge would have surrendered his bond, called him in. They would have had him arrested and brought to court,” said Kubosh.

In a statement, Harris County Pre-Trial Services tells us, “As a practical matter, we make every effort to bring non-compliant defendants into compliance as quickly as possible, including any necessary contact with the defendant.

“Mr. Hodge was repeatedly advised of his obligations by his pre-trial officer. He was also admonished by the judge on April 22 and was continued on supervision.”

“His further noncompliance resulted in revocation of bond.”

“How many others are out there like this that we don’t know about?” said Kahan.

Multidistrict Opioid Litigation Continues to Enrich Plantiffs’ Lawyers

Multidistrict opioid litigation is once again being used to the advantage of plaintiffs’ lawyers. This very serious issue requires a victims-first approach, not a plaintiffs’-lawyer-payday-first approach.

Multidistrict litigation (MDL) is used to consolidate large numbers of similar lawsuits into one bundled lawsuit that a federal judge oversees during pretrial. The individual cases then get sent back to their respective originating courts. However, plaintiffs’ lawyers have been using MDLs to litigate questionable or meritless claims hoping that the large number of cases will pressure defendants to settle before ever making it back to the originating court. Now, plaintiffs’ lawyers in Ohio are cashing in on an additional advantage. The federal judge from Ohio who supervises multidistrict opioid litigation had ordered a certain percentage of future opioid settlements to be set aside for plaintiffs’ lawyers who have similar cases outside the MDL.

Judge Polster’s recent order requires a 7.5% portion of future settlements in opioid lawsuits to be deposited to a “common benefit fund” that would help multidistrict opioid litigation plaintiffs’ lawyers with expenses.

According to a Law 360 article, a petition asking the Sixth Circuit court to vacate much of the recent order was joined by more than 500 cities and counties from Arkansas, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Texas.

The Law360 article explained, “the petition sought a writ of mandamus “requiring that the district court … vacate its order obstructing discovery in petitioners’ state court cases and requiring that settlements and judgments in these state cases be paid in part into a federal court fund.” It alleged violations of due process, the Anti-Injunction Act, and state laws, among other things.

This new order diverts more settlement money away from victims and funnels more money to the plaintiffs’ executive committee (PEC) lawyers. The data described in the petition shows that “the PEC has already been reimbursed a thousand times over.”

This is not the first time Judge Polster has favored plaintiffs’ lawyers in opioid lawsuits. According to a 2020 Legal Newsline article, a federal appeals court admonished him as he oversaw thousands of opioid lawsuits against retail pharmacy chains. The appellate court said he overstepped his authority by allowing plaintiffs to amend their claims to include allegations pharmacy chains improperly filled prescriptions for narcotics.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit stated that Judge Polster “was plainly incorrect as a matter of law” when he allowed two Ohio counties to add dispensing claims to lawsuits against several pharmacies more than 18 months after the deadline for changes had passed.

While MDL judges are supposed to help streamline litigation and organize pretrial activities, these judges hold enough power to help coordinate settlements. According to an ILR research report titled MDL Proceedings, MDL proceedings are morphing from a procedural device intended to create efficiencies in civil litigation (particularly pretrial discovery) into lawsuit magnets through aggressive advertising and highly sophisticated client recruitment strategies by plaintiffs’ lawyers. Due to the sheer number of cases that plaintiffs’ lawyers can accumulate, defendants have a difficult time fairly defending themselves without risking bankruptcy. It certainly does not help when judges show bias towards plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Harris Co. DA says Houston is immersed in public safety crisis

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Harris County‘s chief law enforcement officer is delivering the hard, painful truth.

“We are outmanned. We are outgunned. The release of repeat violent offenders leads to exactly what you would think it would – more crime and this type of public policy should end,” said Kim Ogg, Harris County District Attorney.

Speaking to a room of expert number crunchers, Ogg unloaded alarming figures.

22,606 alleged crimes were committed by offenders released on bond by reform judges in 2021. At least 14,000 additional offenses are projected this year, all likely perpetrated by those who made bail.

“This far left concept of just not performing our duty, I don’t think serves the public correctly. Crime is not partisan, and it shouldn’t be dealt with by the extremes on either side, like it is,” said Ogg.

Then there is the issue of the Harris County Jail, packed with more than 8,800 defendants awaiting trial, most of them for violent offenses.

Ogg’s 350 exhausted prosecutors buried beneath a backlog of 130,000 criminal cases.

“You have got to maintain public safety, and right now we are struggling. Houston is in crisis,” said Ogg.

With many in his crime weary congregation fearful of even going to the grocery store, Pastor Willie Davis was among the earliest to raise the alarm. His assessment of local leadership in the years since is scathing.

“People are afraid. This is reality out here. Those people who are in office now are doing nothing. The county is doing nothing. The city is doing nothing. It’s just smoke and mirrors,” said Davis who pastors at the Palm Church.

Ogg says given the current backlog the families of murder victims will be forced to wait years for the case against an accused killer to come up for trial.

“The heartbreak has to end for crime victims. It is horrible enough to think about losing a loved one. It is insult to injury to be told it will take four years to try a case,” said Ogg.

Judge lowers $500,000 bond for convicted serial armed robber to $5,000

HOUSTON – 33-year-old Antjuan Dixon has six prior convictions, two for aggravated robbery.

“He actually gets 12 years in the penitentiary in 2008,” said Andy Kahan with Houston Crime Stoppers.

Dixon was released from prison in 2020. Little more than a year later, police say he returned to a life of crime.

“He’s charged with not one, not two, but three more aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and that means a firearm,” Kahan said.

Court documents show the DA’s office wanted Dixon’s bond set at $500,000.

“Which makes sense based on his criminal history, he’s obviously a known threat,” said Kahan.

Harris County 182nd Criminal District Court Judge Danny Lacayo ignored the DA’s request for the bond. He lowered it to just $5,000.

“All he had to do was cough up $500 for three counts of aggravated robbery, which he easily did,” Kahan said.

“So you let someone out for $500, where are they going to get the money to pay for their bond? They’ve already demonstrated their profession is I’m an armed robber,” said State Senator John Whitmire.

“I don’t know how you justify that,” said Kahan. “It simply defies logic and I’d love for someone to tell me why they thought this was in the best interest of public safety.”

“We’re seeing repeat armed robbers being released on cash bonds, we’re seeing, charged like carrying a gun when you’re a felon, which is very serious law violation. They are being released without looking at the risk assessment,” Whitmire said.

We’re noticing a disturbing trend with some criminal district court judges when it comes to granting small bond amounts for defendants charged with felon in possession of a weapon.

“The stakeholders and some of the judges get very upset with your program and Andy, but I think putting a face on it, identifying the problem, is the first step to solving the problem,” Whitmire said.

Embattled judge in Bexar County stripped of all court cases

Already under fire after her court reporter filed a complaint against her this week and abruptly quit, County Court-at-Law No. 2 Judge Grace M. Uzomba has been stripped of her court cases by an administrative judge.

A memo by Judge John Longoria, dated Thursday and addressed to all 15 county courts-at-law judges, alleged a “serious and egregious lack of attention” by Uzomba regarding pretrial violation reports, probation matters, family violence cases and other misdemeanors.

The county courts handle misdemeanor cases. Uzomba lost a bid for reelection in the March 1 Democratic primary but her successorwon’t be elected until November, to take office Jan. 1.

In the memo, Longoria said more than 1,700 cases in her court are without current settings.

“As judges, we have an obligation to this community to ensure that justice is served, not only for the victims, but also for the defendants, who have a right to have their cases heard and to get their day in court,” he wrote.

Uzomba did not immediately return a text message and a call to her cellphone Thursday afternoon.

Reached via text on Thursday, Senior District Judge Sid Harle, who oversees a multi-county administrative judicial region and has been a jurist in Bexar County for more than three decades, said he had never seen this type of action taken against a judge here.

Invoking his authority as administrative judge, Longoria ordered 177 pending family violence cases on Uzomba’s docket be “immediately” distributed among county courts-at-law Nos. 7, 8, 11 and 13; and sent the approximately 1,656 cases he says are without current settings to courts-at-law Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11,12, 14, and 15, amounting to about 166 cases per court.

He also ordered that Uzomba’s court be removed from the arraignment rotation for the criminal courts “as soon as possible.” He added that any outstanding civil matters requiring signature that were sent to her court would be distributed to county courts-at-law Nos. 3 and 10, equally.

Longoria declined to provide a copy of the memo, which the Express-News obtained from a courthouse source.

It came days after Uzomba’s court reporter filed a complaint with courthouse security, alleging that the judge prevented the employee from leaving an office while she scolded her.

On Monday, court reporter Veronica Velez filed a complaint with a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy accusing Uzomba of cornering Velez in her office, blocking the entrance and belittling her because Velez had resigned effective immediately to take another job.

The officer’s report called it a verbal disagreement. Uzomba on Tuesday said that “no sort of altercation occurred.”

Courthouse sources have long said Uzomba was hard to work with and has had three or four court coordinators and about as many court reporters. A retired U.S. Army major, she was elected in 2018.

Court coordinators and court reporters work directly for the judges. Most stay until they or the judge retires, or the judge is voted out of office.

When asked Tuesday about the rumors of staffing issues, Uzomba spoke about her work ethic: “I stay late, I come in early.”

“As far as staff, staff has come and gone,” she said. “They come and go and seek what is in their best interest, or they may not be performing. If they aren’t meeting expectations, that is an issue as well.”

In February 2020, Uzomba clashed with Bexar County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark, who pulled her deputy clerks and all of the case files from the court and alleged that Uzomba was mistreating the employees and not handling files correctly.

The issue was resolved days later, Longoria said at the time.

Reached Thursday, Longoria said his action removing Uzomba’s court cases was “separate and apart” from the complaint filed earlier this week by her court reporter.

“This is a caseload issue,” he said, adding that his decision to remove the cases from Uzomba came “with significant support from all judges.”

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Harris Co. judges granting bonds to ex-cons charged with felon in possession of weapon at an alarming rate

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Raymond Young and Delvin Clemons have a lot in common. Both men are 44 and have many mugshots.

“Both of them have lengthy criminal histories, both have been convicted of violent offenses,” said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers.

Clemons has 17 felony convictions.

In October 2021, 232nd Criminal District Court Judge Josh Hill granted him bond for felon in possession of a weapon.

“A month later, he gets charged again for felon in possession of a weapon,” Kahan said. “You would have thought that would have been the end of the story, he gets out on bond again.”

Last month, police said Clemons shot and killed Keishan Betts at an apartment complex at 270 El Dorado Blvd.

There was a time when judges were hesitant to grant bond to defendants charged with felon in possession of a weapon.

“That’s absolutely true,” said Ray Hunt, Executive Director of the Houston Police Union. “I talked to the District Attorney in Montgomery County. He says he remembers one time when something like that happened.”

But some Harris County Criminal Court Judges grant bond all the time for defendants charged with felon in possession of a weapon.

“Very low bonds, where it’s only going to take maybe $1,000 to get out,” said Kahan.

Raymond Young, a convicted sex offender has a dozen convictions, including felon in possession of a weapon.

On May 7, 180th Criminal District Court Judge Desean Jones granted him a $10,000 bond for assault of a family member.

14 days later, police say Young shot and killed 17-year-old John Smith at 1329 East 35th Street.

“When you’ve got people who are felons in possession of a firearm out on multiple bonds, getting arrested again, that person should get a no bond or at least a million dollar bond,” Hunt said.

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