Bond Denied for Two Suspects in Separate Murder Cases
Judge Scott Sprouse has ordered two separate Oconee County murder cases, each with different victims, for trial later this year.
Charles Stephon Trapp, Jr.
Spouse directed the State’s case against Pendleton resident Braxton Earle to be tried in December’s Oconee General Sessions Court; the judge wants the case against Charles Trapp of Westminster to be heard in November. Trapp is charged with murder after the shooting death of Annalyssa Marie Bionoillo Rodriguez September 7, 2021 in Westminster.
Braxton Earl
Earl, whom the judge referred to yesterday as a danger to the community, stands accused of murder in the shooting death of Richard Dennis Keese, another Pendleton resident, August 31, 2021 in Utica.
Judge Sprouse denied bond for both defendants Thursday afternoon…