A choose set multimillion-dollar bonds on Wednesday for 3 males charged with tried homicide in reference to the taking pictures of an Indiana choose.
Tippecanoe County Decide Steven Meyer and his spouse, Kimberly, have been wounded in a taking pictures at their house in Lafayette on Jan. 18.
Steven Meyer, a state choose in Tippecanoe County in Indiana who was harm in a taking pictures at his house on January 18, 2026, is proven in Nov. 4, 2014. (The Purdue Exponent by way of AP)
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One of many suspects, Thomas Moss, 43, was supposed to face trial in Decide Meyer’s courtroom on unrelated violent felonies two days after the taking pictures, courtroom data present.
Prosecutors accused Moss and the 2 different males, with whom he allegedly shares gang ties, of conspiring to focus on the choose as a part of a “concerted effort to impede the proceedings.”
The choose set Moss’ bond at $3 million throughout his preliminary courtroom look on Wednesday. Unable to put up it, Moss is being held outdoors the final jailhouse inhabitants. He advised the choose he needs to symbolize himself within the case.
Multimillion-dollar bonds have been additionally set for Raylen Ferguson, who’s alleged to have fired the pictures by means of Meyer’s door, and Blake Smith, who’s accused of shopping for the gun used within the taking pictures. Each males requested public defenders.
5 folks have been arrested in reference to the taking pictures of a choose in indiana. In these reserving pictures launched by Tippecanoe County, Raylen Ferguson, Thomas Moss, Blake Smith, and Amanda Milsap are proven. In a reserving picture launched by the Lexington-Fayette City County Division of Group Corrections, Zenada Greer is proven.
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Two ladies have been additionally arrested in reference to the taking pictures.
Amanda Milsap is accused of attempting to bribe the alleged sufferer in Moss’ case to stop the lady from testifying within the trial. Her bond was set at $500,000 on Wednesday. Her lawyer advised native media that he has “completely no data” that Milsap is linked to the alleged plot in opposition to the choose.
Zenada Greer, the fifth defendant within the case, was arrested in Kentucky and is awaiting extradition to Indiana on obstruction and aiding a legal fees.
Due to the character of the crime, the Indiana Supreme Court docket has appointed a Cass County choose to supervise the case.
The choose has set a tentative trial date of Might 6.
