Judge denies bond reduction for Cammy Lewis, cites prior failures to appear and drug history

Judge David D. Wolfe denied a motion to reduce the $40,000 bond for Cammy Gilles Lewis after a hearing in which the court considered testimony from a community character witness and the defendant’s own statements about substance abuse and treatment plans.

Michael Brown, who told the court he has known Lewis for several years and said he would help her if she made bond, testified that he would be willing to post security and support Lewis’s compliance with conditions. Brown told the court he expected Lewis would live with him if released and that he would report any failure to appear. The defense also presented Lewis, who said she had been attending AA in custody and was looking into rehabilitation. "I've been going to AA and I've been doing my bridal studies, and I've also been looking into rehab," she told the court.

The prosecutor pointed to Lewis’s record: multiple prior felony convictions for drug-related offenses, prior supervision and parole violations, and a recent failure to appear in a general-sessions matter. Judge Wolfe noted those factors, the nature of the current charges (including possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and Fentanyl counts), and concluded that lowering the bond would risk public safety and Lewis’s own welfare by placing her back where controlled substances are accessible.

The judge said he was open to reconsidering the bond if Lewis were admitted to a treatment program but declined to reduce the bond without that placement and sufficient assurance she would comply with conditions. The bond remains set at $40,000.