Posted on 06/09/2015 11:11:21 AM PDT by Prolixus
A second Ellis County man bonded out of the McLennan County jail after he was arrested three weeks ago in connection with the biker shootout on May 17 in Waco.
Midlothian resident Brian Logan bonded out on a $25,000 cash bond at 12:05 p.m. on Monday, said Cathy Edwards, indigent defense coordinator for McLennan County. Maypearl resident Don Fowler was bonded out on a $25,000 surety bond by 6:30 p.m. on May 3 according to the McLennan County jail inmate list. Both men had their bonds reduced from $1 million to $25,000 before they made bond.
Fowler and Logan are two of six Ellis County residents who were arrested after the shooting. On May 17, an altercation broke out between rival biker clubs at a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, according to arrest warrants from the Waco Police Department. Members of the biker clubs and Waco police officers exchanged gunfire. Nine people were killed in the incident and 18 others wounded, according to the reports.
Midlothian residents Robert Clinton Bucy, Jarrod D. Lehman, Christian A. Valencia and Red Oak resident Valdemar Guajardo Jr. were also arrested and charged with organized criminal activity, which is a first degree felony, and booked into the McLennan County Jail. The other four men were still in the McLennan County Jail according to the inmate list on Monday morning.
The district attorney's office said on June 3 because Fowler's case is an open, active criminal case and an ongoing investigation, the office cannot and will not comment or address any questions, so it remains unclear as to why Fowler's bond was reduced. The district attorney's office had not responded to questions about Logan's case by press time.
Fowler and Logan retained their own attorneys, Edwards said. Fowlers attorney said he did not wish to comment at this time.
Logan's attorney, Reed Prospere, said the next step in Logan's case is to wait and see if the district attorney's office decides to prosecute Logan's case.
I'm confident once they get time to get all their ducks in a row, and that may take months, that there will be no charges filed or charges will be dismissed, Prospere said.
He said the DA's office, like other DA's offices in small towns where a large event happens, is overwhelmed. He believes many people arrested at the event were caught in an unfortunate situation and will not be prosecuted.
Brian was there to talk motorcycling and have a day out on the deck talking motorcycle safety, Prospere said. It is unfortunate that people have to suffer as a result of that incident.
The process to get Logan's bond reduced was very professional, Prospere said.
I could not have been treated any nicer in regards to my request for bond reduction or when I was there this morning, he said Monday.
According to The Waco Tribune-Herald, some bikers who had their bonds lowered to $25,000 have had other conditions included in the bond agreements including that the men stay out of McLennan County except for court dates, wear ankle monitors, abide by curfews, and dont associate with biker groups.
Logan's bond reduction agreement did not include any conditions, Prospere said, and the DA's office never requested any special conditions. Normal conditions include promising to appear for court dates, not engaging in criminal activity and not contacting witnesses, he said.
As of press time, it was unclear what conditions, if any, came with Fowler's reduced bond.
I say you and the others who have tried to cook up many excuses for the outlaw gangsters are not at all interested in protecting the Constitution and rather are much more interested in assisting these criminals continue to violate that very Constitution for their victims by being blatant criminals who think they can intimidate Constitutional abiding citizens and rove about above the law with impunity.
I say you think we are damn fools. The fools instead are the bike gang apologists.
You nor anyone else will be given any free pass to misrepresent the reality of what took place at Waco or who the guilty parties are unchallenged here or elsewhere.
“On Dec. 12, 10 Bandidos burst into Gators bar in Fort Worth and “without saying a word, started punching and attacking people,” according to a police affidavit.
They then opened fire, killing one motorcycle club member, Geoff Brady of Arlington, and injuring three others, police said.”
I quite agree. Many of the “innocent bikers” dress and act as much like the outlaws as they can get away with because they get a charge from citizens being scared of them.
Much like the “innocent youths” in the hood who dress and act as much like gang members as they can for the same reason.
That said, excessive bail violates our constitution. And $1M for much of anything less than murder or treason is excessive. With possible exception for mobster types.
“The fools instead are the bike gang apologists.”
Right now it is hard to tell these threads from those at DU.
Back up you claim and personal attack with verifiable fact.
“And $1M for much of anything less than murder”
The affidavits are for murder ... under the Texas Rico statutes.
I asked the same and this is what he posted to me.
I have no association with any motorcycle club or gang. The rhetoric you and some other posters on FR use regarding motorcycle clubs or gangs sounds very much like the rhetoric I’ve heard regarding the NRA and the Tea Party (I wonder, would Hillary like to arrest anyone for posting on FR?). We’ve got to adhere to the rule of law whether we like it or not.
If you want to buy in to his lies and bullsh!t then feel free.
I have put up with personal attacks from his sorry ass on several occasions over the last couple of weeks, so if you are here to defend him than you can also go f--- yourself.
Again, you are a bald-faced liar. i have never posted any such thing and your lying, sorry, ass KNOWS it.
I'll remember you said that when all charges are dropped against all but two or three of the men arrested.
“The rhetoric you and some other posters on FR use regarding motorcycle clubs or gangs sounds very much like the rhetoric Ive heard regarding the NRA and the Tea Party (I wonder, would Hillary like to arrest anyone for posting on FR?). “
LOL! The rhetoric you and some other posters here is EXACTLY the same as I see on DU!
” i have never posted any such thing and your lying, sorry, ass KNOWS it.”
I didn’t ring your bell.
I have no idea what “I didn’t ring your bell” means, but I am allowed to defend myself from your lying, deceitful attacks.
You accused me of posting something which I did not post. I called you on it.
It’s just further proof that you are an inveterate liar.
As far as making posts that look like DU, you need to look in the mirror.
Examples?
I’m sure anyone who sounds like me on DU is swimming-against-the-tide there.
“I have no idea what I didnt ring your bell means, but I am allowed to defend myself from your lying, deceitful attacks. You accused me of posting something which I did not post. I called you on it.”
As I said before, I didn’t pull your chain.
“Examples? Im sure anyone who sounds like me on DU is swimming-against-the-tide there.”
I don’t post from DU but go there yourself. Your posts about Waco would seem tame over there.
Back your claim with examples.
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