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Suspect in Missouri trooper’s death released from jail

MEXICO, Mo. (AP) — A man charged in the death of a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper is out of jail after his bond was reduced.

Twenty-one-year-old

Serghei P. Comerzan
Serghei P. Comerzan

was released Wednesday when his family posted $10,000 bond, 10 percent of the $100,000 bond set Wednesday by a Montgomery County judge. Comerzan had been held on $250,000 cash-only bond. He must stay at his family’s home in Mexico.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports Comerzan is charged with second-degree murder or an alternative of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, as well as several other charges.

James Bava Photo courtesy MSHP
James Bava
Photo courtesy MSHP

Court records indicate Trooper James Bava died tried unsuccessfully to pull over a motorcycle going 105 mph in rural Audrain County in August. The trooper’s body was found later near his burning vehicle, which had crashed.

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