Harassment claim threatens Ooley’s bond

The woman accused of shooting two people on horseback New Year’s Eve is facing the possibility of having her half-million dollar bond revoked after she was hit with new charges claiming she harassed a woman.
The defendant, Pamela Ooley, 46, was granted a delay in her bond revocation hearing Friday morning because she was hospitalized. The court decreed she will face hearing as soon as she is medically able to attend the proceedings, granting a defense motion that she should be present for the hearing.
Ooley is presently free on $500,000 bond on charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault for wounding two people on horseback during a confrontation New Year’s Eve on Airport Lake Road. The victims say Ooley and her husband, Jeff Ooley, 43, accosted them as they were riding down the road on horseback and that Mrs. Ooley opened fire on them, wounding one in the arm and the other in the stomach.
Mr. Ooley is serving a year in jail after entering a guilty plea to facilitation of aggravated assault for driving his wife to the scene of the confrontation.
Mrs. Ooley, who is scheduled for trial later this year, had bond set at the half-million mark earlier this year and has been free after making the bond under strict conditions which included what basically constituted house arrest. Along with a restriction of movement, the bond conditions also say Ooley must avoid getting into any further legal trouble, a condition which is now threatening her freedom.
Specifically, a warrant was obtained earlier this month by Lisa Thaxton claiming Ooley has called her at her home and her place of employment and has also called her children despite being asked not to call anymore. The reason for the calls and Ooley’s connection to the alleged victims has not been revealed.
Despite being a minor misdemeanor, any criminal charge can put such a bond under review by the court. In this case, Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley will require an in-depth hearing to determine if Ooley’s bond will be revoked, thereby keeping her behind bars until her trial this fall. Her hearing could be held as early as this week.