Prosecutors seek to put Marissa Alexander back in jail for violations of her release

[Eugene]

Source: Florida Times-Union

Prosecutors seek to put Marissa Alexander back in jail for violations of her release

Posted: January 7, 2014 - 12:02pm | Updated: January 7, 2014 - 2:56pm

By Larry Hannan

Marissa Alexander got out on bond in November after spending 21 months in jail for firing a shot in the direction of her estranged husband and his two children.

Alexander, 33, may soon be back behind bars, less than two months after she got out. Prosecutors say she violated the terms of her bond, while attorneys for Alexander said everything she did was approved by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

According to the office of State Attorney Angela Corey, Alexander violated the conditions of her bond within days of being released. She went out shopping for clothes, drove family members to the hair shop and airport, got a new driver’s license and visited the bank.

Prosecutors said Alexander did all of this while she was on home detention, which prohibited her from leaving her residence except for court appearances, medical emergencies and to satisfy any requirements of her pretrial services program, like a drug test.

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Read more: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2014-01-07/story/prosecutors-seek-put-marissa-alexander-back-jail-violations-her-release

[leftyohiolib]

1. that headline should have ended with the word: again

“Defendant was granted bond once before and violated the court’s order on multiple occasions — whereupon the court revoked it,” Mantei said in his motion. “Defendant is once again violating the court’s orders, and this court should not continue to allow itself to be disrespected in such blatant fashion.”

[msanthrope]

2. They might revoke her for the visit to Gray's brother....that's possible witness intimidation. nt