Neighbors on War Admiral Way are outraged John Ludwig is out on bond, again. "To say it's a slap on the wrist, well, it kind of is," Trisha Gordon said. "I'm thinking a man died, what! His wife will never be the same, his family will never be the same, this neighborhood will never be the same," she said.
The judge in the John Ludwig murder case granted a motion to release Ludwig from the Greenville County Detention Center.
Ludwig left on his original bond shortly before 5:30 Friday afternoon. He said nothing to reporters as he walked out and got into a waiting truck.
Thursday John Ludwig Jr.'s attorney has filed a motion requesting that Ludwig’s bond revocation is reconsidered, along with the contempt finding.
Friday solicitor Bob Ariail’s office filed a response to Ludwig's attorney's motion which asked the judge to reconsider the revocation of bond and finding of contempt.
Ariail’s office asked the motion to be denied. Late this afternoon, the judge signed the order to release Ludwig.
Tuesday afternoon Ludwig and his attorneys were ordered back to court after Judge Eugene Griffith discovered someone had altered the bond order issued by the him the day before. Ludwig had been released from jail about 5 hours earlier.
Ludwig had "questions" about the order. Ludwig allegedly wrote on the order "no electronic monitoring" and "no porch arrest" because he claimed people called the last time he was monitored claiming he was violating his bond by being on his porch. The judge called the unauthorized change in his order, "a thumb in his eye". He expressed his concern that Ludwig "doesn't respect authority" and sent him back to jail, charging Ludwig with contempt.
Bob Ariail said his office had never seen something like this before, and that his office was, "tired of this case and the problems its creating." He said Ludwig has not gotten the message, and wanted "the last word."
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