A Jackson County, Ala., woman charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Tennessee man has received a reduced bond.
Stevenson resident Brittany Joyce Smith, 30, was originally facing a bond of $250,000, but it was reduced this week to $100,000, records at the Jackson County Jail show. The bond for her brother, 26-year-old Christopher Kenneth McCallie, was reduced to $50,000 on Feb. 14 and he was released the next day, according to Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen.
Smith and McCallie each are charged with murder in the Jan. 16 slaying of 38-year-old Jasper, Tenn., resident Joshua Todd Smith.
Brittany Joyce Smith
Authorities in Jackson County say Stevenson police officers found 38-year-old Jasper resident Joshua Todd Smith about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday dead inside a home at 211 Sharon Drive in Stevenson. Christopher Kenneth McCallie, 26, of Stevenson, is charged with murder and is being held at the Jackson County Jail without bond, according to authorities.Brittany Joyce Smith remains jailed on the reduced bond, records showed Thursday.
Harnen said the charges against Smith and McCallie have been bound over and are among cases being presented to the Jackson County grand jury this week for possible indictments.