Two of three teens charged with multiple offenses in the Sept. 16 shooting during a high school football game were denied bond Friday, Oct. 14.
Attorneys for Roosevelt Demmons and Kinte Green, both 17, asked for bond Friday during a Richmond County Superior Court hearing, noting that a third teen facing the same charges was granted bond last week, Santana Mance, 17.
The three were arrested after the Thomson-Laney football game at the stadium on Laney Walker Boulevard. No one was wounded, but the shooting sent everyone running for cover.
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Assistant District Attorney Stetson Cromer said Friday the shooting occurred after there was a fight in the stands that night. The two sides separated and ran off, but surveillance video showed three males involved in the shooting. Cromer said officers found shell casings from three different caliber weapons as well as handguns.
The game that was called off that night was reset for Friday, Oct. 14, and there was concern over possible repeat violence, Cromer said.
Defense attorneys Thomas Robinson and Jordan Price asked the judge to consider bond for Demmons and Green, respectively. Both teens were in high school on track to graduate. Neither teen has any prior convictions. Both live in Thomson and were willing to abide by a court order to stay out of Augusta.
Judge Jesse Stone set a combined $17,500 bond for Mance last week. Judge Amanda Heath denied bond, finding Demmons and Green could pose a danger to people and property.
Sandy Hodson is a staff reporter covering courts for The Augusta Press. Reach her at sandy@theaugustapress.com.
