MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee criminal court judge was sent to jail Wednesday after her bond was revoked for testing positive for cocaine while she was out of custody pending a trial on charges of coercion of a witness and harassment.
Online records showed Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Melissa Boyd was booked into a Memphis jail.
Earlier Wednesday, a judge revoked her bond during a hearing in Memphis, court records showed.
Prosecutors asked for her bond to be revoked after she twice tested positive for cocaine in March and failed to report to another drug test, court documents showed.
Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesJudge Roy Morgan then revoked her bond and sent her to jail.
Persons:
Melissa Boyd, Boyd, Lashanta Rudd, Rudd, Prosecutors, Roy Morgan, it’s, ” Morgan, ” Arthur Horne III, Boyd “
Organizations:
—, Commercial Appeal, Tennessee General, Daily
Locations:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Tennessee, Shelby, Memphis