One of two men free on bond for a Warren gas station shootout must change companies providing his tether because he couldn’t pay.
Macomb County Circuit Judge Matthew Sabaugh last Monday ordered defendant Jayquan Washington to find a new tether company after his current supplier at the time asked the judge to remove Washington as a client due to nonpayment.
“Mr. Washington is $185 behind in payments,” said Austin Roman of Home Confinement Inc. “This is like a reoccurring thing.”
Washington’s attorney, Mariell Lehman, told the judge her client lost his job due to media coverage of the shootout.
“He’s doing everything he can” to try to pay, she said, adding he supports a child and mother of the child.
He also can’t get a new job due to wearing a tether on his ankle after posting a $100,000 bond through a bond company to gain release.
Sabaugh gave him 48 hours to find a new tether supplier.
Washington, 21, of Detroit, and Eric Boatwright, 25, of Taylor, are charged for the shootout at a Mobil gas station on Van Dyke and 11 Mile roads at about 10 a.m. last July 21 that resulted in a large window at the nearby Golling Toyota being shattered. More than 30 shell casings were found at the scene, but no one was injured.
Both men are charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, two counts possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and discharge of a weapon in a building, all felonies.
A 37th District Court visiting judge’s bonds of $2,000 for Washington and $1,000 for Boatwright at their arraignments were criticized by Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer and county Prosecutor Peter Lucido, who called for an emergency hearing in front of Judge John Chmura. The bonds were raised a few days later to $100,000 for each defendant.
In August, Boatwright received permission from Chmura to travel to Ohio for college basketball tryouts.
The pair face a March 15 pretrial in front of Sabaugh.