Three Winfield residents accused of the armed robbery of Country Mart in Arkansas City Sept. 21 were released from jail on their own recognizance Friday by order of District Court Judge Jim Pringle.
That means Harry Miller, 48, Antowne J. Martin, 19, and Michael Horn, 18, did not have to post a cash bond but only promised to appear in court for their next hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. March 26.
They were also ordered to report to a court services officer weekly and to remain in Kansas. Pringle also lifted a no contact order that would have kept the suspects from contacting one another.
Miller was already out of jail by 2 p.m. Friday. Horn’s mother, Salena Dennis, 38, is also charged with armed robbery and was released from jail Nov. 18 after a professional bondsman posted her bond.
Martin and Horn also have criminal cases pending in District Court in Winfield before District Judge Nick St.Peter. They are suspects in connection with a bomb threat called in to Winfield High School Oct. 8. Both the high school and the middle school were evacuated while the buildings and grounds were searched.
The two are currently scheduled to appear in court on the bomb threat at 1:30 p.m. Jan 5. Bond in those cases earlier was set at $5,750 each but Martin and Horn were released on their own recognizance in that case, too. Both were released from custody by 2:30 p.m. Friday, according to jail officials.
The four were living together when arrested for the Country Mart robbery. Horn was enrolled in a Winfield schools student program that was not necessarily based at the high school, school officials have said.
