Wesley Hadsell was denied bond after a hearing on Friday. The hearing marked the 25th day that AJ has been missing, since she was last seen on March 2.
Defense attorney, Katherine Currin, requested that Hadsell be released on bond or electronic house monitoring. According to Fox News, Judge Bruce Wilcox denied the request and said that, “Hadsell should remain behind bars until his criminal case is resolved.”
Hadsell’s six charges of obstructing justice, breaking and entering and possession of ammunition by a felon, still remain to be resolved in court. These charges were brought against Hadsell after he broke into the home of a person, whom the police had questioned regarding AJ’s disappearance.
According to the Virginian-Pilot, prosecutor Ashley Coleman said that, after Hadsell broke in, he punched a dog in the home. Coleman also said, Hadsell harassed a police witness with an air horn and threatened several police witnesses with violence.
Coleman told Wilcox, that Hadsell had been living in a hotel room after his wife and he split up. It is not known whether or not they split up before or after AJ’s disappearance. After searching the hotel room, police found 75 rounds of ammunition hidden in an air conditioning vent and a scale, which had possible cocaine residue on it.
According to Coleman, Hadsell told police that he had a gun, but that they would be unable to find it. Coleman also said that Hadsell confessed to “ongoing and increasing cocaine use,” reported the Virginian-Pilot.
WAVY-TV reported that Hadsell said he was arrested after being interrogated by police for 15 hours. Hadsell denied that he had any part in the disappearance of AJ, and said that, he “just wants her found safe,” Fox News stated.
Police have denied to say whether or not Hadsell is a suspect.
If you have any information regarding AJ’s disappearance, call Norfolk police at 757-664-7026.
