Windshield death suspect back in jail
Posted on 03/09/2002 2:34:29 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Windshield death suspect back in jail
Bail raised to $250,000; FW woman taken into custody for third time
03/09/2002
FORT WORTH - A woman accused of hitting a man with her car and leaving him to die, entangled in her windshield, returned to jail Friday when a judge raised her bail from $10,000 to $250,000.
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Even if the bail is met, Ms. Mallard will spend the weekend in jail. Probation officers in charge of monitoring bond conditions cannot pick her up until Monday morning, said Lt. Mack West, jail supervisor.
Her bond conditions, which 371st District Judge James Wilson set during a hearing, include being under house arrest at her parents' Fort Worth home, wearing an electronic monitor, no driving, no alcohol use, and drug testing three times a week.
LAWRENCE JENKINS / DMN Dorothy Ballard (left) accompanies her daughter, Chante J. Mallard, to the court hearing in Fort Worth. |
Judge Wilson also placed a gag order on Ms. Mallard's lawyer and on prosecutors in the case. Her parents attended the hearing but declined to comment.
Ms. Mallard, a nurse's aide who was fired Thursday after the murder charge became public, sobbed in the courtroom and continually dabbed her eyes with a tissue before sheriff's deputies led her away.
During the hourlong hearing, defense attorney Mike Heiskell brought Ms. Mallard's parents and her brother, a lieutenant with the Fort Worth Fire Department, to testify about the former Girl Scout's willingness to attend future court proceedings.
"I guarantee you she's not going anywhere. She doesn't have anywhere to go and doesn't know where to go," Mr. Heiskell said, asking the judge to "look past the emotion and determine what is right and just."
But Assistant District Attorney Richard Alpert argued that the $10,000 bond Ms. Mallard posted Wednesday was insufficient and that she has an unstable work history and sought counseling only after she was charged in Mr. Biggs' death.
"It's no secret the community is outraged by her actions," Mr. Alpert said. "This defendant has friends who helped her cover up the crime."
Police said Ms. Mallard struck Mr. Biggs in October as he walked along U.S. Highway 287 near the Loop 820 split, and then drove home with him entangled in her windshield.
Although he was severely injured, Mr. Biggs, a former school bus driver and bricklayer who was homeless at the time of the accident, was not dead, police said. Ms. Mallard left him trapped in her car, which she hid in the garage of her home on the south side of Fort Worth, investigators said.
Police said that Ms. Mallard repeatedly apologized to the injured man, checking on him several times over a two- or three-day period, but that she never summoned help. After Mr. Biggs died, Ms. Mallard and at least one friend dumped his body in a nearby park, where he was found Oct. 27, police said.
A woman came to police in February, saying Ms. Mallard admitted to the crime at a party, police said. Investigators questioned Ms. Mallard and arrested her Feb. 26 on a felony charge of failure to stop and render aid.
Mrs. Mallard posted a $5,000 bond that day, but she was arrested a second time after police upgraded the charge to murder Wednesday. She was released that day after posting a $10,000 bond.
A trial date has not been set.
Police said Friday that they are continuing to investigate the case and are looking for anyone else who may have helped dump Mr. Biggs' body.
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FORT WORTH - A woman accused of hitting a man with her car and leaving him to die, entangled in her windshield, returned to jail Friday when a judge raised her bail from $10,000 to $250,000.
Chante J. Mallard, 25, was booked into the Tarrant County Jail on Friday afternoon on a murder charge the third time she has been incarcerated in 10 days in connection with the October death of Gregory G. Biggs, 37.
Even if the bail is met, Ms. Mallard will spend the weekend in jail. Probation officers in charge of monitoring bond conditions cannot pick her up until Monday morning, said Lt. Mack West, jail supervisor.
Her bond conditions, which 371st District Judge James Wilson set during a hearing, include being under house arrest at her parents' Fort Worth home, wearing an electronic monitor, no driving, no alcohol use, and drug testing three times a week.
People wonder why lawyers get a bad rap???.
She should be charged with a hate crime, not because he is white, but because he is homeless
If the roles were reversed, certainly every race pimp in the country would descend on Ft Worth like locust in biblical times.
I used to live in Cowtown, (FT. Worth) it is not very PC and Texans in general don't put up with a lot of BS from outsiders
WHAT? The good judge did not add "no sex with her boyfriend[s]", to the bond conditions? I'm outraged!!!
I think this no good bi-itch should have her bail bond set at $1,000,000 minimun!
"Please, let me pull the switch, please?"
Maybe this is a common occurance in "her neighborhood"?
I could understand, at least a little, if the victim was dead and she tried to cover it up, not that it's right, but I could see it happen.
Most people would call someone to help a cat or dog hit by a car.
This women is going to spend a long time in jail or there truly is a deep and serious problem with our country.
She's in deep trouble.
That hopefully is an understatement.
It will be interesting to see what liberal pop icon pops out of the woodwork to defend the defenseless, once again.
The incident happened at 3 a.m. back in late October last year.
This is really not about race. It's about inhumanity to a fellow human being, I think.
Here, this should get you up to speed on this story. . .
Woman accused of hitting man, leaving him to die on windshield
[Lawyer says case "overblown"]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/642574/posts
Seems like such an act would make her quite a bit more safe than pointing fingers at the police. Perhaps also in cases such as this, if she attempts to seek monetary damages from the police, limit the revenues to the police dept from the same community from which she came. Let the account balance itself out. Local populous is accountable for financially responding to the local crime. Don't let a small police department or city government become the 'deep pocket' for a gang to get rich based upon contrived arguments.
If her clique of friends wants to encourage her to conceal the crime, or to redefine the act as manslaughter, judge her not guilty and conceal the act from all others, then force that group of people to bear the consequences of their actions.
Now here lies a fundamental cultural issue between many blacks and whites, and to a large extent between criminals and law abiding citizenry of the US. It involves being presumed innocent until being proved guilty.
The next question "Who is involved in the conspiracy?" might get answered from the top down by labeling a larger group as being accused. Those who are innocent will display significantly different behavior than the guilty to those who righteously discern. However, this tactic also places a smaller group of innocent people on the defensive and presumes guilt.
The alternative, to prove the guilt of all involved results in the type of culture we are witnessing. Smaller gangs believe they are able to render righteous action in their eyes, do not believe they need be held accountable to any higher social authority, and conspire to conceal their actions obviously criminal to higher authority or to outside groups, and then consider any exposure of their behavior as a breach of confidence, faith, and goodwill for their involvement.
Someone that will pick up the lawyers contention that the perpetrator of this crime is actually the victim?
You are probably right. Where is Jesse JackA**, anyway?. . .
Well stated and absolutely correct. The newsreaders on BET would be frothing so much they would need a canoe in the studio.
Or Johnie Cochran, "If the hood ornament don't fit, you must....",
you know the rest.
See post #13. . .
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