With a handful of violent outbreaks of late, an 18-year-old Clarkston man is facing serious jail time if convicted.
Already out on bond for a third degree criminal sexual conduct charge out of the 6th Circuit Court, Jonathan Red Bonot was again arrested Sunday, April 13. He stood mute at his arraignment before Magistrate Colleen Murphy at the 52-2 District Court in Clarkston Monday, April 14 on charges of aggravated assault and felonious assault with a knife. He was placed under a $20,000 bond. A preliminary exam scheduled for Thursday, April 17 was adjourned to Thursday, May 1 at 1 p.m. He also stood mute at a Thursday, April 17 arraignment for carrying a concealed weapon, a five-year felony. He received a $10,000 bond on this charge.
Prosecutors allege Bonot’s recent string of violence began Feb. 25. In an aggravated assault case, Bonot allegedly attacked a 16-year-old Springfield Township man, and said ex-friend of Bonot, at an open gym night at Sashabaw Middle School. The alleged victim was there playing a basketball game, after which Bonot approached him stating he owed money. When the man denied this, Bonot punched him in the face breaking his nose and causing a cut above his right eyebrow that required stitches. Witnesses told deputies Bonot was wearing brass knuckles, which were hiding under a bandana he had wrapped around his hand. Detective Jerry DeRosia of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department in Independence Township said the brass knuckles have never been found.
On April 7, Bonot allegedly pulled a butterfly knife and threatened to ‘cut up? a 15-year-old man, also an ex-friend of Bonot’s, police reports said. Bonot approached the 15-year-old, his 20-year-old brother and a 16-year-old man, while they stood in a driveway in the Independence Woods Mobile Home Park on Mann, demanding they give him money and marijuana. Reports stated, Bonot also threatened the boys with a drive-by shooting.
On April 13, while on patrol, a deputy spotted Bonot walking along Mann. He was arrested, and found to be carrying a four-inch butterfly knife, the same as described in the April 7 assault, in his boot.
While in custody, he denied both assaults, saying the April 7 incident was fabricated, and the Feb. 25 incident was the opposite of what was reported ? he was the one approached for owed cash and injured in an attack.
DeRosia said the alleged victims, whose names cannot be released because of their juvenile status, are very scared of Bonot.
‘He’s on a downward spiral,? he said.