A judge has lowered the bail for one of the former Rutgers football players charged with being involved in a home invasion in New Brunswick. Watch video
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NEW BRUNSWICK -- A judge has lowered the bail for the former Rutgers fullback who was kicked off the football team after his arrest on home invasion and burglary charges.
Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves agreed to lower Lloyd Terry's bail from $225,000 to $175,00 after listening to arguments from his attorney, Wanda Akin, and Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Kuberiet for more than an hour during a bail hearing.
Akin argued the 20-year-old Terry was despondent in the county jail and promised he would obtain the necessary care if he could be released on bail and went to live with his father and step-mother in Wrightstown.
She said he had an excellent reputation in his community in Wrightstown and was not a flight risk, especially since he would be going to live with his father who was a former member of the military and a strict disciplinarian.
"He has the support of his whole family," Akin said. "This is not just any young man that presents himself to you. There is ample evidence of his being able to present himself at any and all court proceedings without question."
But, Kuberiet told the judge that, Terry, "forgot "what he was taught," at home and when he got to Rutgers, "the lure of the big college campus took over," and Terry became addicted to marijuana, the prosecutor said.
Terry, a third-year sophomore at Rutgers, was initially charged with participating in an armed home invasion on Prosper Street on April 26 along with former players Andre Boggs and Tejay Johnson.
Two weeks later, prosecutors charged Terry and Jamil Pollard forced their way into a Davidson Hall dormitory in December and stole drugs and cash.
Terry was the fourth current or former Rutgers football player to be charged in connection with a series of home invasions and robberies in New Brunswick over the past year. All have been kicked off the football team and suspended from the university.
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