113. Mark's Bond Hearing - Take 2 - Incredible Stress and Relief

After last week, and what turned out to be a dress rehearsal of Mark's bail hearing, I really thought I would be far less stressed for today's hearing.  I was wrong.

I knew I had to be up at 6 AM so last night I went to bed early.  I laid in bed.  My heart was beating so fast and hard I could actually hear the pounding sound in my head.  I got up 3 different times.  I finally fell asleep after 2 AM.

109. Mark's Bond Hearing - Take 1

I slept pretty well last night considering I knew Mark's bail hearing was happening this morning.  I only woke up once in the middle of the night.  It was when I got up at 6 AM that my trouble started.  I felt nauseous and started throwing up.  I know it is was just stress.

Joe, Pat and I were all meeting at Chris's house at 7:30 AM.  Pat didn't show up until 7:45 which made my stomach feel worse.  We all were riding together to be at the hearing so we didn't have any choice but to wait.  Pat drove us all to the courthouse in his car.  We made it just as court was starting at 8:30 AM.

Judge Rapp was supposed to be the judge.  He was the judge at Gun Club Hearing back in March that called Mark's message "scary" and gave him no bond.  Judge Rapp wasn't there. Another judge was doing the cases today.  I was bummed about that.

99. The States Attorney Calls Me

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My day was a pretty normal day.  That all changed around 3 PM.  The states attorney, Jenica, called me. It was then my day went from calm to hyper stressful.

Jenica started the conversation with some very pointed and puzzling questions:

Jenica: "Are you and your husband still getting divorced?"

68. Palm Beach County Jail and Jet

Mark Walter - Mugshot

It was after midnight when Mark was booked in the Palm Beach County jail on Gun Club road.  I imagine he was exhausted.  If you listened to the recordings and/or read the transcripts from last night (while he was leaving messages harassing me and breaking his restraining order) he yawned and mentioned several times how tired he was.

If you remember me saying last night the judge had issued an $800,000 bail the night before.  When Mark went to his first appearance in front of the judge at the jail, his bail was revoked.  I believe the judge felt it was too dangerous for him to be out.  Not to mention, he threatened the North Palm Beach police.  I'm pretty sure they don't take that too lightly.

Mark was arrested for the following: