that s what i m talking about. break it all down. waiting on inmates to come downstairs from different units to go in front of the camera for court. the video courtroom is inside the sheriff al cannon detention center are used for bond hearings without having to leave the jail. as carlton solomon jr signed in for his hearing, he s greeted by a familiar face from john s island. huh? carlton solomon, we lived two doors apart. his grandmother is like everybody s aunt in the neighborhood. used to always go to her house. especially in the summertime. she used to feed everybody. nicest person in the world. he comes from an awesome family. just put your attorney name right there. right here? uh-huh. ms. greene, she s considered something like family to me,
currently in charleston s county jail facing murder and other charges, solomon began getting into trouble with the law at age 15. sergeant singleton has known him ever since. carlton, what we got ourselves into this time? some other stuff, man. other stuff? serious? yeah. real serious. real serious. i ve been dealing with carlton for a long time. when i was at officer at juvenile. what i see with carlton is a good kid. he s a real good guy. but he s making a lot of the wrong decisions. right now he came in here, and he has some very serious charges this time which he says is a big mistake, a misunderstanding, and it will get worked out. wow. okay. you kept that okay. yeah, that shocked me. when i saw that on the news, i swear i think my heart stopped beating for a couple seconds. i m serious. i was like, whoa. let me get out of this man, for real. they ve got false charges on me, man. okay, okay.
incarcerated and held without bail for several weeks now. he s charged with murdering a 27-year-old woman during a home invasion robbery. today there s been a development that he believes will set him free. give me a search for my dna when they came by, he said it would convict me or clear me. i said, i wasn t at the scene. hopefully when it comes back and says i wasn t there, they ll let me go. i m happy. i m real happy. it it gave me a lot of hope. you know what i mean i? of thinking i had to stay in here two, three years, waiting on the trial. all this other stuff. they said it could take up to three months for dna. hopefully everything s going to be good. i ll be going home this year. basically a bunch of b.s., man. i just feel i just feel real good for real. while solomon hopes he ll soon go home, over in the jail s disciplinary unit, that day has come for samantha mcdonald.
you were placed on a no bond for the charge of the reconciliations of $100,000 surety bond. you may exit. thank you. she give me $100,000 bond my possession of a firearm, you know, during the commission of violent crime. for my burglary and kidnapping and murder, i didn t get no bond. so what does this mean for you, carlton? i m stuck. stuck between a rock and a hard place. stuck. if you want to know your child s future, look at his friends. that will tell you his future. after the hearing, solomon s father, carlton solomon sr., discusses his son s case with reporters. i was told that he was up for murder, some other charges. but you never know. you just don t know. as a parent. you do all the things that you believe you should do. you feed them, house them,
too. she knows all my family. she s cool with all my family. they love her. i remember when he was born. i remember him small, as a young boy. he wasn t a bad child. he throwing his life away. he pretty much has condemned himself. he s going to be here for a while. going to be here for quite a while. murder, kidnapping, burglary, all type of [ bleep ]. yeah, you ain t getting no bond. [ bleep ] no. solomon is accused of murder and other crimes related to a home invasion robbery on john s island. if found guilty, he could face the death penalty. all right. carlton solomon. any family member for the defendant? yes, ma am. you re a family member yes, ma am, i m his father. okay. all right. carlton solomon, your father s here today. you ve been charged with murder, burglary in the first, kidnapping, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. on the charge of murder, kidnapping, and burglary first,