Ala. Murder Suspect Out on Bond Allegedly Committed Another Homicide After His Ankle Monitor Died: Police

Nyyon Sanders is accused of killing a man hours after his ankle monitor died

Mobile County Sheriff's Office Nyyon Sanders

Mobile County Sheriff's Office

Nyyon Sanders

An Alabama man charged with murder allegedly killed another person while out on bail after his ankle monitor died.

Nyyon Sanders is charged with murder and robbery, according to Mobile County jail records.

According to reports from AL.com, WKRG and WALA, Sanders was out on bond after being charged in connection with a 2022 homicide. Authorities allege that Sanders waited for his ankle monitor to die before he went to an apartment complex, the outlets report.

Once at the apartment complex, Sanders is accused of killing 25-year-old Joseph Evans Jr. and injuring another person, the outlets reported.

AL.com reported that Sanders had been out on $200,000 bail in connection with the 2022 homicide, which occurred when the defendant was a juvenile. WALA reports that the trial for the first incident is scheduled for January.

It is not immediately clear if Sanders has retained an attorney or entered a plea for the latest charges.

“It’s just an absolute worst-case scenario that everyone in the community dreads,” District Attorney Keith Blackwood told WALA. “From what I understand Sanders allowed his ankle monitor to go dead after 5 p.m. and within four hours had committed the murder.”

WALA reported that Blackwood has placed the blame on the private company that monitors suspects with anklets. Previously, the outlet reported, the same company failed to report when a different murder suspect allegedly violated the conditions of his release by going to a casino in Mississippi.

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“Yet another case where you’ve got a private ankle monitoring company that was tasked with monitoring someone that’s out on bond,” Blackwood said, according to the outlet. “That did not happen in this case and this defendant is alleged to have committed yet another murder.”

Blackwood reportedly said the sheriff’s office would need more funding for personnel to take over the ankle monitoring system.