One of two suspects charged in connection with a July shooting incident at West First and South Elm Street was in Christian Circuit Court Monday morning, with the judge taking a bond motion under advisement for now.
The Hopkinsville Police Department charged 39-year old Michael Croney and 24-year old Toddarius Polk of Hopkinsville with attempted assault in the first-degree and first-degree wanton endangerment on July 7, with Croney also charged with third-degree terroristic threatening.
Police allege multiple shots were fired toward a moving and occupied vehicle during an altercation just after 8:30 a.m., with the victim able to drive away uninjured to call police.
Two of the rounds struck the vehicle, with one shattering a window and the other hitting the rear of the car.
Croney was in court Monday and public defender Munroe Graham said his girlfriend has a medical condition and she depended on his care prior to his arrest while arguing for him to be released on an ankle monitor.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling says he and the victims in the case are currently opposed to Croney’s release, but he’s willing to work with Graham toward a potential resolution of the case.
Croney said he’d immediately accept any deal that came with probation, though no one said an offer of that type was coming, and Judge John Atkins deferred ruling on the bond motion until September 20 to give the parties more time to negotiate.
Croney remains in the Christian County Jail on a $50,000 bond.