Former Santa Rosa Junior College information technology employee Jordan Mead will be held without bail at the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility on felony charges of false imprisonment and inflicting bodily injury on a spouse until his Sept. 9 arraignment hearing, a judge ruled Wednesday morning.
The decision to move Mead’s arraignment to a later date came after Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Laura Passaglia determined he was ineligible for a public defender, and his current lawyer, Ibrahim Agil, claimed over Zoom that he had only recently been informed of the charges.
Mead, 47, agreed to stay in jail and wait for a later arraignment date so that Agil could review the new charges. The judge said Mead would get credit for time served.
Mead faces one felony count of false imprisonment and one felony count of inflicting bodily harm on a spouse. In a felony complaint filed on Sept. 2, Deputy District Attorney Lauren Giles wrote, “The defendant engaged in violent conduct that indicates a serious danger to society.”
According to a Santa Rosa Police Department dispatch summary from Mead’s Aug. 30 arrest, Mead physically restrained the victim and refused to let her go. “I can hear male in the background saying it will take several people to get him off of her,” the dispatcher wrote. The reporting party told the dispatcher she thought Mead had barricaded the front and garage doors, and police said he had blocked an unspecified door with a ladder.
The extent of the victim’s injuries are unknown, but police officers on the scene cancelled an earlier call for an ambulance, according to the dispatch summary.
Judge Passaglia chose to keep Mead behind bars while awaiting arraignment after factoring in the felony stalking charges he faces. Rohnert Park Police arrested Mead on March 19 after he showed up at the home of SRJC Vice President Kate Jolley. His preliminary hearing in that case is scheduled for Oct. 6 at Sonoma County Superior Court.
Passaglia placed a criminal protective order against Mead that prevented him from coming within 100 yards of the alleged victim and noted that if the order’s terms were violated, new charges would be brought against him.
Mead’s lawyer commented on the case via email stating, “I have full faith in our justice system that the truth, empathy, and justice will be had for all involved.”
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