Bail reduced for Walpole coach

Interesting....why would the judge agree to a 93% reduction? That's pretty drastic.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????
The man should already be considered a flight risk, but GPS monitoring should keep him here, is the bracelt going to submit an electric shock or something when he leaves his house....our legal system is such a joke. What if he threatens the victim or worse. I know he is supposed to be innocent before proven guilty....in my eyes he proved himself guilty when he took off to Arizona. There is no reason why his bail should have been lowered, he is being charged with rape of a minor....give me a break.

I AM CONVINCED THAT THERE IS ALOT MORE TO THIS STORY THEN THEY ARE SAYING.

having been a high school teacher and seen charges filed and then recanted against another teacher, i clearly do not like the case being tried in the press. i'm not saying he is innocent or guilty but when charges are front page stories then the legal system is reversed and you are assumed guilty.
this is the case in most big stories. media rushes to judgement. let the facts play out in court.

Another great example of a MA judge without a clue. Obviously this judge doesn't have a daughter. Coach Villa has not been proven guilty, but the 500 text messages indicate there's a problem. So, why would bail be reduced?

WHAT changes in one day????

How about what changes in one day is evidence that everyone on this board obviously isn't privy to. To reduce bail from 100k to a mere 7500 is pretty steep and is saying something. So instead of now attacking the judicial system why don't we wait to see what this case presents. As many people have stated sometimes things aren't what they may seem or in this case be written about.
As for him being a flight risk, he was obviously kicked out of his house by the wife, and got the heck out of dodge before the rape allegations were even made, he has 4 children in this area that regardless of what anyone wants to think of him, cares very deeply for. I'm not condoning this mans actions but i'm also not going to hang him by the noose b/c of what I'm reading in the globe.

I wouldn't worry about him leaving his house, as I'm pretty certain he won't be allowed in it in the first place.

His wife kicking him out and wanting to change their last name is PRIVY enough to me.

her family is being taken to task by the media both local and national...her life will never be the same regardless of his guilt or if he is found innocent. She HAS to change her name to have some sort of normalcy in her life. I would think anyone with common sense would have seen that coming...it's obvious there is something here that happened if only texting inappropriate things to this girl, that would be enough for me to say take a hike...