Waffle House Shooting Suspects $2 Million Bond Revoked

[Julian Englis]

Source: KTLA

The bond for accused Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking has been revoked, Steve Hayslip, spokesman for the Davidson County, Tennessee, District Attorney’s Office tells CNN.

Reinking, 29, was arrested Monday in connection with Sunday’s deadly shooting and was originally jailed on a $2 million bond.

A bond hearing is set for Wednesday.



Read more: http://ktla.com/2018/04/24/waffle-house-shooting-suspect-asks-for-lawyer-as-hes-arrested/

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How did he ever get a bond?

Apparently, the revocation of the bond was due to outrage over this accused murdering terrorist being eligible for bond.

[catbyte]

1. Why did he have bond in the first place? Not that he could meet it anyway but still...

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Great question, I wonder if a black man accused of gunning down multiple innocent

white republican business-owners would get bail option for one second.

[Exultant Democracy]

4. A lien against his parents house would probably cover the 10% down.

You don't need much house to get out on 2 million bail.

[3Hotdogs]

6. They could put up the house for bond collateral. Then his father could buy him a couple'a new guns

to replace the ones that shouldn't have been taken from him in the first place.
















(Yes, Martha, its sarcasm.)

[sprinkleeninow]

16. (Yes, Virginia. It's sarcasm.) 👊

[PSPS]

8. Houses aren't worth that much in that part of the country.

[Exultant Democracy]

9. The median home value in Nashville is $254,619, more than enough.

[LeftInTX]

11. The dad lives in Illinois

[LisaL]

12. And he (father) has a business, a crane rental company.

Wouldn't have surprised me if father came up with the bond.

[Princess Turandot]

21. The collateral needs to be worth the full bail amount...

Bond allows someone to not have to come up with the full amount in *cash* by, say, selling a house. But the bail bond company is on the hook for the full amount if they get involved, not just the 10%. So they and their insurance company need a lien on something that is equal to the entire amount in the event that the guy skips.

[exboyfil]

7. Given his nutcase dad who gave the him back his guns

The dad might very well have got a second mortgage on his house and posted a $200K bond. Talk about your flight risk.

[LisaL]

13. He couldn't, but that doesn't mean relatives wouldn't have bailed him out.

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. Trump Base Would Acquit Him Because They Were Persons Of Color.

[irisblue]

5. A? For Tn attorneys

Is bond always available, regardless of the charges?
I see the articles on the bond being revoked, but who was the judge that gave that bond amount?
Thanks

[Chemisse]

10. It's stunning that he was given a bond to begin with. n/t

[forgotmylogin]

14. I wonder if he got the bond before all the "give back the guns" angle was clarified.

And if his dad is a businessman who was backing him, they were like "Uh, how about no...if you can't be bothered to keep guns from him after they were taken away."

[LisaL]

15. He is an adult so don't see any reason they would be considering the "give back the guns" angle.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

17. "... since the stories say he was BOOKED on that bond it's an automatic application of a schedule."

I don't know TN law but I'm going to take a wild guess that the "OMG why does a killer get $2M bond he should have no bond" is pure horseshit. Hypothesis: since the stories say he was BOOKED on that bond it's an automatic application of a schedule.

Link to tweet

tps://www.newschannel5.com/news/attorney-explains-why-accused-waffle-house-killer-is-allowed-bond …

Acvording to this, TN law requires bond for all non-capital cases

Link to tweet

[Julian Englis]

19. Thank you for posting this explanation. N/T

[LisaL]

20. I have no clue what "an automatic application of schedule is."

"But it is unusual for suspects in homicides or serious cases to get bonds set during their first appearance before a Night Court magistrate."

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2018/04/24/waffle-house-shooting-suspect-travis-reinking-2-million-bond-revoked/545609002/

[Chemisse]

22. Ahh, that explains it then. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

18. Waffle House gunman's troubles began years before attack

Sheila Burke, Kathleen Foody and Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Updated 4:28 pm, Tuesday, April 24, 2018



NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Travis Reinking's erratic behavior began years before police say he showed up without pants at a Waffle House restaurant and killed four people with an assault-style rifle.

The onetime construction crane operator bounced between states and suffered from delusions, sometimes talking about plans to marry singer Taylor Swift, friends and relatives told police. He was arrested outside the White House last year after asking to speak to President Donald Trump, and his bizarre actions seemed to intensify in recent days with a car theft.

Now Reinking is charged in Tennessee with four counts of criminal homicide. He's been jailed without bond.

"He's a good kid that went off the handle for some reason," said Dave Warren, who once worked with Reinking in Colorado.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Waffle-House-gunman-s-troubles-began-years-before-12861362.php