Spout Spring murder defendant denied bond

Yesterday in Appomattox County Circuit Court, 37-year-old Spout Spring resident and murder defendant Charles Roosevelt Abbitt, Jr. was denied bond by Judge Andy Nelson. 

Abbitt, Jr. is being held on a second degree murder charge, along with other related charges, in the shooting death of 34-year-old Carlos Rican Roman, Jr., also of Spout Spring, on July 21, 2021. 

Abbitt, Jr. is scheduled for a trial by jury on March 3. 

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