Coronavirus Concerns Gets Nazi Atty Bail; Can be Released Tomorrow…on April Fools’ Day

Augustus Invictus, who just last month was considered a threat to public safety, has been getting a lot of breaks over the past few months, but this one might get someone hurt.

YORK CO., SC – A White Supremacist attorney facing charges of weapons and domestic violence that has called for civil war in the United States and was one of the scheduled speakers at the tragic “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville has been granted bond on those charges and will be released tomorrow because of the coronavirus concerns.

According to the bond order, Judge Daniel Hall signed off on a $10,000 bond, for Augustus Invictus, which included $5000 for the Criminal Domestic Violence on a High and Aggravated Nature charge, and another $5000 on the charge of Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Crime. The order goes into effect at noon on April 1. Invictus was denied bond in February after his wife testified at that bond hearing that she was afraid he’d kill her if he was released from jail and was expected to remain in jail until his trial. Judge Hall at that time said he considered Invictus a threat to public safety and a flight risk. Last week however, Invictus’ public defender asked for another bond hearing due to coronavirus concerns at York County jail.

The charges stem from a Dec. 12 incident where Invictus allegedly held his wife at gunpoint and forced her and their children to go back with him to Florida. The wife, who was driving a separate vehicle was able to escape at some point with her children back to Rock Hill, South Carolina and police arrested Invictus in Melbourne, Florida on Dec. 30. A kidnapping charge was dismissed during a preliminary hearing on February 19, due to no probable cause.

Invictus, who was supposed to speak at the August 12, 2017 rally in Charlottesville where counterprotester Heather Heyer was killed by white supremacist James Fields as he drove his car into a crowd of people, has called for a violent overthrow of the U.S. government, has a history of violent acts, but this is the first time he has ever been charged.

Per the conditions of his release, Invictus is to immediately leave York County, SC and only return for court proceedings and attorney appointments. He is free to leave South Carolina. His public defender noted that Invictus has been updating his “alt-right news site” from jail.