The decide raised Benny Simmons’ bond to $1 million as he faces prices within the theft of an 81-year-old girl.
HOUSTON — The teenager accused within the robbing an 81-year-old Houston-area girl had his bond elevated to $1 million Thursday after he was beforehand accused in different aggravated robberies.
The girl shared her expertise after being knocked to the bottom with KHOU 11 Tuesday. The suspect, Benny Simmons, an adolescent with a violent previous, is now in custody.
Simmons appeared in court docket Thursday. The decide opted for a $1 million bond.
“So I do consider within the Structure and the presumption of innocence,” stated Choose Emily Muñoz Detoto of the 177th Prison District Court docket. “That pertains to all of us sitting right here at this time. The defendant did stipulate for functions of this listening to solely that he was the identical one who was convicted in a single, two, three, 4 aggravated robberies.”
Choose Muñoz Detoto defined that Simmons was additionally convicted for a homicide cost that was lowered from capital homicide. He was sentenced to twenty years within the Texas Juvenile Justice Division, however “in some way was granted parole after serving solely 2 years.”
“I consider that your shopper is a hazard to the group,” Choose Muñoz Detoto instructed the protection legal professional. “You your self stated that he is been in bother since he is 13. He is solely 18 now. You say that if he does make bond, he’ll be launched to TJJD. The juvenile system is the one who let him out after serving solely 2 years, so I am gonna put my religion within the residents of Harris County and my bond. Good luck.”
Simmons pleaded “not responsible” to the fees.
What occurred
Sandra Glenn was at her condo advanced close to Harwin Drive, simply exterior the Beltway.
On April 3, Glenn stated she was loading her automotive. She stated a person approached her and yanked the lanyard together with her automotive keys from round her neck. In response to Glenn, she was left bruised and shocked.
Prosecutors stated Simmons’ dropped mobile phone on the scene positioned him on the crime.
Simmons simply turned 18, however was 17 on the time of the alleged theft.
Simmons is presently on parole for homicide and a number of aggravated robberies. The homicide cost dates again to when he was 14, when he shot and killed a person throughout a theft. He was convicted and sentenced to twenty years however launched on parole after solely serving two.
“They should not let any person go that is vicious and violent as a result of the extra I hear about him and what he did, the extra it considerations me that one thing may have occurred, actually unhealthy to me. He may have had a gun and did one thing to me,” Glenn stated.
