COLUMBIA - Mehrdad Fotoohighiamâs bond has been revoked, and he was taken into custody after violating conditions of the bond Special Judge Steven Ohmer granted him in early May.
Ohmer ordered Fotoohighiam back to jail after a hearing Wednesday morning. He was being held in the St. Louis City Justice Center on Thursday afternoon pending his transfer back to the Boone County Jail, where he had been held for more than four years before Ohmer released him on his own recognizance.
Also Wednesday, Ohmer granted attorney Gregory Smith s motion to withdraw as Fothoohighiam s counsel, found Fotoohighiam indigent and ordered the Boone County Public Defender s Office to represent him. Smith s withdrawal came three months after attorney Scott Rosenblum withdrew from the case, saying Fotoohighiam refused to follow his advice.