A judge revoked bond Wednesday, Aug. 17, that was set for a 19-year-old who in addition to charges of aggravated assault on police officers now also faces an armed robbery charge.
Nathaniel Rogers was granted bond in Richmond County Superior Court for the aggravated assault case. His compliance with the bond conditions was to be monitored electronically. Rogers was released from jail March 16.
Between then and June 2, Rogers’ electronic monitoring device went dead 12 times, said Keyona Whigham of CSRA Probation Services, a private probation company which provides pretrial monitoring services for Superior Courts in the Augusta and Columbia County Judicial Circuits.
The probation officer who had been responsible for monitoring Rogers has been terminated by the company.
Assistant District Attorney William Hammond said also while Rogers was out on bond, on March 26 he committed armed robbery. The GPS monitor put him at the scene of the crime, Hammond said.
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The aggravated assault charges stem from Sept. 10, 2021, when two officers investigating a report of possible car break-ins were struck by a vehicle driven by the suspects fleeing the area, Hammond said.
Rogers also has a history of arrests as a juvenile for burglaries, trespass and battery, Hammond said.
And, when arrested June 2 by the U.S. Marshals, Rogers had a stolen gun.
Defense attorney Zach Goolsby said Rogers was close to earning a GED from Augusta Tech and working full time before his arrest in June. He can return to that job, Goolsby said.
Rogers was granted bond on the armed robbery charge, Goolsby said, because the evidence will show that another man with Rogers grabbed the gun from the alleged victim who has since claimed he didn’t even have a gun.
In the assault case, Goolsby said, Rogers was a passenger in the vehicle. The charge against the driver has already been set for dismissal, Goolsby said.
Judge Ashley Wright said regardless of the evidence in the pending charges, Rogers repeatedly violated bond conditions by allowing the monitoring device to go uncharged, and when he was arrested, he had a handgun which was a violation of a specific condition of bond. She revoked bond in the aggravated assault case.
Sandy Hodson is a staff reporter covering courts for The Augusta Press. Reach her at sandy@theaugustapress.com.
