Bond reduced for man charged in pellet gun shootings in Holly Springs
A judge on Monday drastically reduced the bond for a man charged in a series of pellet gun shootings in Holly Springs.
Posted — UpdatedA judge on Monday drastically reduced the bond for a man charged in a series of pellet gun shootings in Holly Springs.
Henderson Atwater, 47, has been in the Wake County jail for 1,040 days under a $1.5 million bond, maintaining his innocence throughout. With a new bond of $100,000, he could be released within days.
He went on trial in August for 17 of those charges, but that trial ended in a mistrial after prosecutors were not able to convince all 12 jurors that Atwater was guilty due to insufficient evidence.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said prosecutors intend to move forward with a new trial against Atwater in February. Prosecutors, arguing in favor of the high bond, pointed out that Atwater has failed to appear in court 24 times in the past and may be a flight risk.
"What is left now is one, a review by the State; a determination as to how and when to move forward with the cases that did go before the jury, and the additional charges that were not part of that trial, that can also be tried at a later date," Freeman said.
Freeman said the office talked with jurors to determine next steps.
"There were, I think, originally 40 different cases," Freeman said. "Those are the same types of charges that remain as what were previously joined together for the purposes of this trial."
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