FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A judge reduced bail on Thursday for a former Florida deputy charged with 11 criminal counts after failing to confront the gunman in the Parkland school massacre. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer set bond at $39,500 for Peterson, down from the initial amount of $102,000. His bond is secured by $330,000 in real estate and he has been allowed to go to his home in North Carolina. Peterson, 56, is charged with child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury stemming from the February 2018 shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. “We expect that he will be treated fairly and appropriately on a going-forward basis and we look to defending against these charges,” DiRuzzo said.

Source: thestar June 06, 2019 17:01 UTC