The Houston suspect accused of paralyzing a mom of three by bodyslamming her throughout a “jugging” theft on Feb. 13 had his bond reduce in half on Wednesday from $200,000 to $100,000, based on Harris County court docket data.
Joseph Harrell, 17, was arrested final week after police launched surveillance video of the incident, through which Harrell allegedly adopted the sufferer 24 miles from a financial institution earlier than bodyslamming her to the bottom and stealing $4,300 in money she had simply withdrawn.
After his arrest for aggravated theft, prosecutors requested for a $200,00 bond, citing the truth that he had simply been launched on a $100 bond on Jan. 26 for an illegal carrying of a weapon cost.
“Whereas on bond for Illegal Carrying a Handgun, [Harrell] stole cash from and assaulted the [victim], inflicting the [victim] damaged ribs, a fractured backbone, and paralysis from under the arms, which is severe bodily damage,” prosecutors wrote.
Joseph Harrell, 17, is now being held on a mixed $130,000 on costs of aggravated theft and aggravated assault with a lethal weapon. (Houston Police Division)
That $200,000 bond was granted on March 17, however Choose Kristin Guiney lowered the bond to $100,000 shortly earlier than midday on Wednesday.
An legal professional appointed to defend Harrell, Catherine Evans, mentioned that she made an oral movement to scale back the bond.
“I requested a bond significantly decrease than what Choose Guiney really set and knowledgeable her that the shopper’s household was at the moment unable to make his bond,” Evans informed Fox Information Digital. “Moreover, it was confirmed that bond circumstances are in place that may place Mr. Harrell on 24 hour home arrest and require him to put on a GPS monitor ought to members of the family be capable of submit enough bonds sooner or later sooner or later.”
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Apart from the aggravated theft on Feb. 13 and illegal carrying of a weapon cost on Jan. 26, Harrell can be going through a cost of aggravated assault with a lethal weapon stemming from one other incident on Feb. 25.
Harrell allegedly robbed the lady of $4,300 she had simply taken out of the financial institution. (Houston Police Division)
In that incident, Harrell and at the very least one different confederate allegedly robbed a girl of her purse whereas the sufferer was leaving a enterprise in southeast Houston, based on a possible trigger affidavit.
Later that day, the lady and her husband tracked the suspects to an tackle utilizing her AirPods that had been left in her purse. Once they arrived on the tackle, the lady acknowledged Harrell standing exterior and known as 911. Whereas ready for police to reach, Harrell allegedly drove by them and requested in the event that they wanted one thing. They replied that they did not, at which level Harrell “circled and as he handed them once more, Defendant Harrell pointed a black handgun at her.”
Nhung Truong receiving hospital care after being attacked by a robber in Houston, Texas. (Fox 26 Houston)
Costs had been filed in that case on March 16. Harrell is now being held on a mixed $130,000 bond for the aggravated theft on Feb. 13 and aggravated assault with a lethal weapon on Feb. 25.
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The sufferer within the Feb. 13 incident, Nhung Truong, was discharged from the hospital on March 17 after over a month of remedy. A GoFundMe has raised greater than $300,000 for her restoration, which may take two years or longer.
