The man facing a Second-Degree Murder Charge in connection with his mother’s death in Linn County last December, is free on Bond, after a Linn County Judge reduced an initial one million dollar bail and postponed his preliminary hearing in the case, until January. Judge Terri Johnson reduced Rocky Allen’s bond to $250,000, during what was to be his November 12th Preliminary Hearing, but which Johnson postponed at the request of prosecutors and defense attorneys until January 18th.
Prosecutors allege Allen killed his mother in a forced vehicle crash on Keitel Road, south of Parker, in December 2020, charging he reversed direction to pursue a vehicle driven by 70 year old Charlotte Grimes of Garnett, smashing into her car and then going into a pasture where he struck the vehicle a second time. Grimes died at the scene.
Conditions of Allen’s Bond included he wear a GPS Monitor and remain at home. The Preliminary Hearing, is scheduled for 11:30 the morning of January 18th in Linn County District Court.
