Bond reduction denied in Warren manslaughter case

WARREN

Judge Peter Kontos has denied a bond reduction for Regan Jelks, the 21-year-old woman charged with involuntary manslaughter and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle in connection with the death of Taemarr Walker.

Jelks is in Trumbull County jail in lieu of $250,000 bond. She’s been in custody since just after she was indicted April 11.

She was the passenger in a car Walker, 24, of Warren, was driving Oct. 19, 2013, that crashed into a ditch on Risher Road Southwest, leading to a confrontation between Walker and a Warren police officer.

The officer shot Walker to death after Walker grabbed a handgun inside the car.

Jelks’ indictment says she caused Walker’s death as a result of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle the night Walker died.

More specific information on what she is alleged to have done has not been available from prosecutors.