Teen suspect back in jail

Published 11:47 am Tuesday, December 6, 2011

A Warren County teen accused of the May shooting death of her stepmother was back in jail today after the company that had put up her bond revoked it, citing contractual violations, Sheriff Martin Pace said.

Tyla D. Vega, 14, who had been staying with family at 1105 Williams St., Tallulah, was picked up by representatives of Warren County Bail Bonding Inc., who took her to the Warren County Jail and surrendered her bond at 6:15 p.m. Monday, Pace said.

In revoking the bond, the company said Vega had failed to meet the conditions set when her bond was posted and she was released from the jail on Oct. 26, said Pace.

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Reached this morning, a bail agent with the bonding company would not comment on the case or what conditions Vega had violated.

Vega will have to return to court for another bond to be set, the sheriff said.

“In order for Miss Vega to have another bond, the circuit court will have to address that issue,” said Pace. “Another bond will be at the discretion of the judge, whether to set at the same or a different amount or choose not to.”

Vega was indicted in July for murder following the May 2 death of Michelle Vega, who was 32, at the family home at 100 Jones Road. Michelle Vega was shot in the face, officials said.

Vega was arrested in Greenville six days later after fleeing Warren County in the family’s vehicle and eluding authorities from multiple jurisdictions.

She was ordered held without bond until a hearing in Warren County Circuit Court Aug. 11, at which time Judge Isadore Patrick ruled she was entitled to bond and set it at $75,000.

District Attorney Ricky Smith could not be reached for comment this morning.