Kejaun Jackson was arraigned June 20 on several charges including strangulation and threatening to kill a woman and four children, but he was mistakenly released on home incarceration and is now on the run.
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A new attorney for David Fortney, Ramon McGee, argued that Fortney was “an innocent third party” who was the only one suffering by losing $75,000 in property and argued that appellate courts have ruled on the excessiveness of similar rulings.
The judge had ruled that if Vernon Jackson turned himself in within 10 days, she would reconsider her order. Jackson was caught within two weeks and the judge said the pastor didn't have anything to do with his capture.
Vernon Jackson's escape after three days of trial but shortly before jurors declared they could not reach a verdict created a legal conundrum as to whether a pastor who paid Jackson’s $70,000 bond would have to forfeit it.
A Louisville minister forfeited a $70,000 bond Thursday because a defendant on trial for attempted murder fled before the jury reached a verdict, and, in doing so, violated the conditions of his release.
Did Vernon Jackson fulfill the conditions of his bond by showing up for trial, or does the man who put up his bond have to forfeit it because Jackson wasn’t there for the verdict?
The Kentucky Supreme Court denied a request to review whether Brooks Houck's bond should remain at $10 million cash while he awaits trial for the murder of his former girlfriend, Crystal Rogers.
The prosecution will ask that the three men stand trial together. Defense attorneys will make a motion to move the case out of Nelson County.
Judge declines to lower bond for man accused of chaining naked woman to floor inside Louisville home
A prosecutor said Moises May has a domestic violence conviction from 2006 out of Alabama and would be a flight risk as he is wanted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Marshals Service because he is not a legal resident.