In a new development to the infamous Crumbley case, James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, were denied by a judge after their attorneys requested that their half-million dollar bonds each be reduced, and they be allowed out of jail on ankle monitors, according to a report from the Detroit News.
The bond reduction request was denied by 52-3 District Court Judge Julie Nicholson, as she cited Jennifer and James’ ties to family in Florida, as well as the seriousness of the crimes they stand accused of, and their history of fleeing and hiding out in “an abandoned building” in Detroit, following the public announcement of the charges against them.
Both Jennifer and James have officially been charged with involuntary manslaughter after their 15-year-old son Ethan opened fire in his high school, claiming the lives of 4 of his fellow students. Reports and prosecutors have indicated that the gun Ethan used to murder his classmates was gifted to him by his parents as an early Christmas gift.
The 30-minute hearing before Judge Nicholson saw the Crumbleys’ defense attorney Mariell Lehman requesting that the couples’ respective half-million-dollar bonds be reduced to a far more comfortable $100,000, and told the judge that the charged parents would be willing to wear GPS monitors should they be released from jail.
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Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald stressed in a court filing that the parents’ bond should not be reduced because the couple is “a greater risk of flight now than they were at the time of arraignment “a greater risk of flight now than they were at the time of arraignment.”
Assistant Prosecutor Mark Keast noted in his response that the motion to have their bond reduced left out some seriously key details and information.
“As of October 18 2021, they were over $11,000 behind on their house payments. Their house is currently for sale. They have sold their horses. They have already shown that they will flee if given the opportunity.”
You can read the full report from the Detroit News here.
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