An Orange County Superior Court judge charged with fatally shooting his wife was free on bond Wednesday after serving the past month behind bars for violating the terms of his earlier release .
Jeffrey Malcolm Ferguson had been free on $1 million bond, but during a hearing on Sept. 24, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Eleanor J. Hunter doubled Jeffrey Malcolm Ferguson’s bail to $2 million after prosecutors argued that he had consumed alcohol that triggered his ankle monitor — in violation of the terms of his release.
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Ferguson was immediately taken into custody.
According to Los Angeles County jail records, Ferguson was again released on bond last Friday. He is due back in court this Friday for a pretrial hearing.
Ferguson’s attorneys denied that Ferguson had consumed alcohol, saying the monitoring system was triggered by the use of cortizone anti-itch cream and hand sanitizer gel containing alcohol. Hunter, however, called the argument a “ridiculous story.”