You have to wonder what it takes for someone released on bond for a MURDER charge to get that bond revoked.
Tiger Dude, Victor Hugo Cuevas, posted bail over the weekend and is expected to be freed today.
Cuevas had his previous bond revoked then the judge raised it to $300,000.
As the Houston Chronicle reports:
“The higher bond stemmed from a hours-long revocation hearing May 14 where law enforcement accused Cuevas of speeding away from two Houston police officers with India, the 9-month-old tiger, in the back of a Jeep Cherokee. A judge revoked Cuevas’ bond on four other occasions since his July 2017 arrest for repeatedly violating the conditions of his release.
Three of the bonds were set at $125,000.
Cuevas is charged with murder in an unrelated Fort Bend County shooting. The case, Elliott said, is expected to go to trial in December.
The suspect’s imminent release follows a recently filed search warrant in Harris County that show Cuevas’ landlord knew him by another name. The lease agreement for the home in the 1100 block of Ivy Wall Drive — where authorities said the juvenile tiger had been living — listed Nick Halden as the renter.
The landlord was shown a picture of Cuevas and identified him as Halden.
Elliott was unable to explain why Cuevas used another name on his rental contract and presumed it had to do with his mix martial arts career…
Police used the search warrant to seize a gun safe from the home in case it contained firearms — which would be another violation of Cuevas’ bond in Fort Bend County. The safe was taken to a police property room to be opened.”
Crime Stopper's Andy Kahan says this case “epitomizes why our Bond system is a joke,” pointing out that Cuevas violated the conditions of his bond “numerous times including being charged with criminal offenses” and yet judges continue to free him.