The Texas teen, who was accused of fatally stabbing another high school student at a track contest, will be granted house arrest as his bonds have been reduced to $250,000, a judge ruled Monday.
A Colin County judge said he could significantly cut Karmelo Anthony’s first $1 million bond, and await trial at home with ankle monitors and 24-hour supervision from his parents or “adult designees.”
Anthony was locked up in the Collin County Jail after allegedly stabbing Austin Metcalf, 17, during a battle for seating at the track competition on April 2. He is charged with first-degree murder.
Witnesses told officers who tried to stick Anthony out of a pop-up tent to a rival high school when Anthony grabbed a knife from his backpack and stabbed Metcalf in the heart and bleed in the arms of his twin brothers.
The bond drop comes a week after Anthony’s lawyer asked the court to lower the “excessive” $1 million bond, and asked the local district attorney to accus the “better resolve.”
Even if the boy is convicted of first-degree murder, he Don’t face the death penaltyCollin County District Attorney Greg Willis, was released last week.
“The Supreme Court said that not only can they seek the death penalty for someone who committed a crime at the age of 17, they can’t even get a life for them without parole. I told WFAA.
Anthony himself told police he was acting in self-defense, and his family argued that “what is popular is false, unjust and harmful.”
That fundraiser has so far been raked for over $415,000.
These proceeds will help keep two Hotshot Dallas lawyers with a history of racial justice cases where families grab headlines.
After a viral video from McKinney, Texas, one Kim Cole represented black Dageria Becton and showed officers slamming her to the ground at a pool party.
Cole won a $148,850 settlement for Becton from the McKinney Police Department and resigned officers.
Anthony’s other lawyer, Billy Clark, became a professional mediator after a 20-year career in the Air Force.
In a recent statement, the pair of lawyers led people into fundraising for the Anthony family, but they also highlighted that the previous GoFundMe page they claimed to have been set by Carmello himself is fake.
The defeated Bogus gofundme page claimed that Karmelo was “jumped” and that Metcalf had destroyed the phone, among other notable details.
