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March 27, 2015
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Bond was reduced Monday to $2 million for one of three men charged with murder in the beating death of a homeless man last summer.
Judge Scott Drazewski agreed the $3 million bond for Willie Chambers was excessive but in lowering it to $2 million, the judge acknowledged the bond remains unreachable for the 18-year-old defendant.
Chambers faces murder charges, along with Tory Washington, 20, and Anthony Davis-Dickson, 19, all of Bloomington, in the beating death of Ronald D. Smith. The 56-year-old victim died July 3, about a month after he was severely beaten while he slept in O’Neil Park on the city’s west side.
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In asking for a $100,000 bond that would require Chambers to post $10,000, public defender Brian McEldowney said Chambers has extensive ties to the community and has never been arrested for failing to appear in court in previous court cases.
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