Crystal Rogers investigation suspect Brooks Houck will remain in custody on a $10 million cash bond.
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Monday denied a request to review the Kentucky Court of Appeals’s decision to uphold Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III’s rejection of a bond reduction filed by Houck’s attorney’s that would have reduced the bond to $500,000. The Supreme Court order states that the decision in the appeal is now final.
Houck is charged with Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence following his arrest in the Rogers investigation. He, along with suspects Steven Lawson and Joseph Lawson, will next appear in court for a pre-trial conference on March 21. During that pre-trial conference, attorneys for Houck will be arguing for a change of venue to move the trial from Nelson County to either Boyd or Daviess counties to avoid pre-trial publicity. The attorney for Steven Lawson will be arguing to dismiss the charges against him based on Lawson’s claims that he was offered immunity in exchange for his cooperation with investigators.
