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Clayton County judge revokes bond for Marquelius McNabb after state presents witnesses
Summary
After a multi-witness hearing, State Court Judge Tammy Long Hayward revoked Marquelius McNabb’s bond, finding the state had shown he picked up new offenses while previously out on bond. McNabb was taken into custody pending resolution of multiple cases.
Judge Tammy Long Hayward revoked the bond of Marquelius McNabb on April 15, 2025, after the state presented testimony that McNabb had new criminal charges arise while previously released on bond from earlier matters.
The state, represented at hearing by Deputy Chief Shariah Ponder, called Trooper Ulysses Angeles and Officer Leon Covington and presented victim testimony to support a motion to revoke bond in case 2022CR00704 and related matters. Trooper Angeles testified he responded to a domestic-violence call on Aug. 17, 2023, and observed injuries he described as a cut and a bruise; Officer Covington testified he had responded to an April 2023 incident and verified a criminal-trespass warning in the Clayton County database. Prosecutors argued those contacts and the later charges violated a December 2021 bond condition that Mr. McNabb not “violate any laws while on bond” and to stay away from certain persons.
Defense counsel, identified in the record as Mr. Lynch, urged caution and argued there was no clear showing McNabb knowingly or intentionally placed himself in contact with persons covered by the bond condition; he also emphasized McNabb’s employment and lack of new arrests since August 2023. The judge pressed both sides on whether McNabb had been put on explicit notice of the bond conditions and whether returning to a leasing office to address an allegedly burglarized apartment constituted willful violation.
After argument, Judge Hayward ruled the state had met its burden and ordered McNabb taken into custody. The judge said she understood the family circumstances raised by defense but expressed concern about repeated, violent-related contacts and said the court would not leave the earlier bond in place given the record.
The court ordered the clerk to prepare the written order memorializing the revocation and instructed the state to prepare an order for the record. McNabb was physically taken into custody at the hearing’s close and held pending further proceedings in his multiple pending cases.
