Kenny Balfour Bond has been reduced for a Godfrey man accused of shooting another man at a Breese apartment complex on Sept. 28.
Resident Circuit Judge Mark Stedelin agreed to lower Kenny Balfour's bond from $100,000 to $50,000 at a preliminary hearing Oct. 14 in Clinton County Court in Carlyle.
Balfour, 18, who appeared in court, pled not guilty, waived a formal arraignment and asked for a jury trial through his attorney, Public Defender Stewart Freeman.
State's attorney John Hudspeth appeared for the prosecution. He argued that, given the gravity of the charges, the state believed the original bond was appropriate.
Balfour is being held on in the Clinton County Jail, charged with Class X felony aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm.
If Balfour posts bond (10 percent of the $50,000), he would be on electronically-monitored home confinement and live with a grandmother in Godfrey.
Balfour would be allowed to leave the home for work, meeting with his attorney, and court appearances.
Conditions of his release include having no contact with the alleged victims or the Cherry Court Apartments.
Balfour told the court he believed he could come up with the $5,000 for his bond. As of Tuesday, Balfour had yet to post bond, according to court records.
At the hearing, probable cause was found by Stedelin to continue holding Balfour.
A pre-trial hearing was set for Nov. 18 at 10 a.m.
Area residents view a massive field fire near Donnellson, in Bond and Montgomery counties, on Oct. 17. Firefighters from Carlyle and Beckemeyer responded to the Greenville Fire Protection District for mutual aid, standing by at the Greenville fire station. A ban on burning across Clinton County was lifted Tuesday by fire officials, following significant rainfall from late last week and overnight Sunday into early Monday morning.
The U.S. Weather Service in St. Louis reported the heaviest rainfall totals were in a band from Union, Missouri stretching east/northeast into Belleville and then to Salem.
Locally, the weather service reported Aviston receiving 3.07 inches, Beckemeyer 3 inches, Germantown 2.78 inches, and Centralia 3.33 inches.
The Corps of Engineers Project Office at Carlyle Lake on Monday recorded 1.96 inches of rain.
Extremely dry and windy weather conditions, coupled with a lack of rain for several days prompted Clinton County’s fire chiefs on Oct. 14 to issue the ban until further notice.
The ban was in effect for all county towns and villages and their related fire districts until the next rainfall, according to a social media posting by the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office.
Left: Central senior Kristen Ess was the top female runner in the Cahokia Conference meet hosted by Wesclin on Saturday in Trenton. Ess won the event in a time of 19:06 while her Cougars finished in second place as a team. Right: Wesclin senior Justin Mumford claimed the 2020 Cahokia Conference cross country title with a time of 15:06 to pace the Warriors who claimed second place as a team with 49 points which was 17 points behind Freeburg. (Photos by Jeremy Chawgo) The only thing to slow down Central senior cross country runner Kristen Ess this season has been quarantine.
The Central leader became the first Lady Cougar to win the Cahokia Conference race since 2007 when KC Root achieved the feet in Lebanon when she ran a 19:58 to edge Columbia’s Taylor Byrd by nine seconds.
Ess blew away the field at Wesclin on Saturday when she battled the wind to win race in a time of 19:06 as one of just two runners to break 20:00. After being in quarantine for the first portion of the season, Ess has won all four events that she has participated in this season.
Ess and the Cougars will run this Saturday in the Class 1A Freeburg Regional along with Mater Dei and Wesclin. Advancing individuals and teams will run in the Althoff Sectional on Saturday, Oct. 31.
As for the Cahokia Conference event, Ess blew away the field by 46 seconds with Columbia sophomore Madison Missey crossing in second place with a time of 19:52.
Up next was a Freeburg three-pack with seniors Reagan Lucas in third with a 20:11, followed by Abby Holcomb in fourth with a 20:59 and Shelbie Hansen in fifth place with a 21:18.
Central sophomore Elizabeth Detmer earned All-Conference honors with a race time of 21:30 which was good for seventh place overall.
| Fri., Oct. 16 | 445.12 |
| Sun., Oct. 18 | 445.04 |
| Tues., Oct. 20 | 445.30 |
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| Oct. 15 | .07" |
| Oct. 16 | .01" |
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| Oct. 19 | 1.96" |
| Oct. 20 | .11" |
