Waukesha massacre suspect’s bail raised to $200,000 in SUV attack on ex-girlfriend

December 22, 2021 in News by RBN Staff

Judge Michelle Havas has reportedly ordered Brooks’ bail be raised to $200,000 in connection to the alleged attack, as well as ordered an in-person court appearance set for Feb. 2, 2022.

A Milwaukee County judge has raised the bail set for accused Waukesha parade killer Darrell Brooks in connection to a prior Nov. 2 road rage attack in which he allegedly ran over the mother of his child with his SUV.

Judge Michelle Havas has reportedly ordered Brooks’ bail be raised to $200,000 in connection to the alleged attack, as well as ordered an in-person court appearance set for Feb. 2, 2022, according to the Daily Mail.

Deputy District Attorney Matthew Torbenson asked that Brooks’ bail be drastically increased due to the “extraordinary” and “very serious nature” of Brooks’ alleged crimes.

Brooks’ bail amount originally set for the incident was just $1,000, despite a lengthy criminal history. He posted that bail on Nov. 19, just days before he allegedly drove his SUV through Waukesha’s Christmas parade.

His bail for the Waukesha parade attack is set at $5 million.

His $1,000 bail was set by Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm’s office, where following the attack, the District attorney said Brooks’ bail was set “inappropriately low.”

It was revealed earlier this month that the assistant district attorney that set Brooks’ $1,000 bail was “overloaded,” and did not have access to key risk management computer data that would have suggested Brooks’ bail be placed higher, despite the assistant DA doubling the bail from $500.

That pretrial risk assessment scored Brooks a four out of six in Failure to Appear (FTA), and a six out of six in New Criminal Activity (NCA).

“Given the volume of cases she was dealing with, she simply charged the case, she looked at the previous bail, and saw that it was $500 and she doubled it,” he said. “That’s a mistake. That’s human error. It set in motion a chain of events that resulted in a tragedy.”

“I put the finger on myself and that’s my obligation, that’s my responsibility,” Chisholm continued.

Following the low set bail from Chisholm’s office, a group of people who say they are Milwaukee County taxpayers are calling for Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers to remove the District Attorney from his post.

“The devastation resulting from Chisholm’s dereliction of duty to protect the public has reached outside the borders of Milwaukee County,” the complaint filed by the group says.