Myers was scheduled to stand trial in November for unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest. According to court documents, the incident happened June 27 in St. Louis. Myers was a passenger in a car involved in a high-speed car chase. The car crashed just after midnight in the 1100 block of South Grand Boulevard. Myers got out of the car, and a police officer yelled at him to stop. Instead, Myers ran off and tossed a gun into a sewage drain. Police caught him nearby. Police recovered the gun, a loaded .380-caliber pistol.
Myers was jailed for a few days. Then, in early July, Myers was released on bail after posting $1,000 cash bond. His bail originally was set at $30,000 but was dropped to $10,000 after a judge agreed it was excessive. She allowed Myers to post 10 percent of that in cash. As a condition of bail, Myers was supposed to be under house arrest and wear an electronic ankle monitor.
A private monitoring firm, Eastern Missouri Alternative Sentencing Services, Inc., was supposed to monitor Myers’ movements and contact the court if he violated the rules. Nothing in the court file indicates any violations.
Myers’ trial was set for Nov. 17.
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Christopher Hayes @chrislhayes · 10h 10 hours ago
@STLAbuBadu if they’re lying about the gun that is a *massive* scandal