HENDERSONVILLE – Michael Absher, former Henderson County School Board member and founder of a nonprofit serving homeless youth, was denied a lower bond Feb. 26.
He stands accused of more than 20 counts of sex crimes against children.
Absher’s attorney John Pritchard filed a motion Feb. 2 for his $2.2 million bond to be reduced, arguing that it was unfair to set the maximum bond for each charge based solely on the punishment level of those offenses, the Times-News reported earlier this week…