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Detroit Friends, relatives and former co-workers of slain Detroit Police Sgt. Elaine Williams minced no words Friday in castigating the judge who granted bond to her alleged killer. There s one word for people who hide. It s called cowardly, Detroit police chief James Craig said during a vigil for Williams, a mother of two and a 14-year Detroit police veteran who was killed June 2, 2019, in the Garden City home she shared with her domestic partner, Eddie Ray-Jr. Johnson. Johnson was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Wayne County Circuit Judge Lawrence Talon on April 1 ordered the defendant released on a tether because of an undisclosed medical condition, reducing the defendant’s bond from remand status to a $100,000/10% bond. ....
Chief Craig calls judge a coward for compassionate release of accused cop killer By Ingrid Kelley and David Komer online producer Published FOX 2 - Friends, colleagues, and family of the late Detroit Police Sgt. Elaine Williams rallied Friday to criticize the judge who allowed the suspect charged with her murder, to be released on a tether to have a medical procedure. Judge Lawrence Talon also set a bond of $10,000 and is letting the accused murderer, Eddie Ray Johnson, stay out on bond until his trial date. Accused cop killer gets compassionate release by judge until trial, sparking outrage Judge Lawrence Talon allowed the release of a suspected murderer of a 14-year police veteran on $10,000 bond and a tether. ....
Detroit A national police organization is the latest group to speak out against a Wayne County judge s decision to grant bond to a man charged with killing an off-duty Detroit police officer in 2019. The National Association of Police Organizations sent a letter Wednesday to Timothy Kenny, chief judge of the Wayne County Circuit Court, noting its extreme dismay with circuit Judge Lawrence Talon s decision. Talon on April 1 set Eddie Ray-Jr. Johnson s bond at $100,000/10% and ordered him placed under house arrest and to wear a GPS tether should he post bond. Johnson, 37, paid the $10,000 and is under tether supervision awaiting trial. He had been held without bail since June 2019. ....
Accused cop killerâs compassionate release appealed; Judge is being held accountable Detroit Police, community activists, and the family of 14-year veteran Detroit Police Sgt. Elaine Williams called a news conference to call for accountability of Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Talon. and last updated 2021-04-05 17:50:31-04 Detroit Police, community activists, and the family of 14-year veteran Detroit Police Sgt. Elaine Williams called a news conference to call for accountability of Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Talon. Last Thursday Judge Talon granted a medical compassionate release for Eddie Ray Johnson Junior who was charged with 1st Degree Premeditated Murder in the shooting death of Sgt. Williams in June of 2019 in the home they shared in Garden City. He was a live-in boyfriend. They shared a son together. ....