Cracker Barrel racist Troy Dale West hit with upgraded charges and held without bond
Good news from CBS 2 in Atlanta:
A grand jury took just thirty minutes Wednesday to upgrade the charges against Troy West, the man accused of beating a woman in front of her 7-year-old daughter outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, from three misdemeanors to a list of felonies.
At a hearing where the new charges were announced, a judge ordered West taken into custody and held without bond. He had been free on $5,000 on the misdemeanor charges.
The grand jury indicted West on new, felony charges of aggravated assault, false imprisonment, battery and disorderly conduct.
After the Sept. 9 attack, police arrested West on two misdemeanor battery charges and a felony charge of cruelty to children. A judge reduced the latter charge to a misdemeanor.
Shocked by the alleged attack and the minor charges against West, Clayton County District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson took the case to the grand jury, asking for the more serious charges against West. Lawson has promised to handle West’s prosecution herself.
It looks like those dreaded community activists were responsible for getting the district attorney to up the charges against West (video here). If you’d like to watch West, who cleans up real nice (except for the ponytail), in the courtroom and watch the DA walk the new charges up to the judge in the middle of the sentencing, you can check it out here.
Posted by Kevin K. on 09/24/09 at 09:42 AM • Permalink
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