Karmelo Anthony renting $900K home in gated community with family, bought new car after release on bond in Austin Metcalf murder case: report

The Texas teen accused of fatally stabbing a precocious schoolhouse shot star at a way meet allegedly lives successful a $900K location wrong a luxurious gated organization — contempt requesting a judge little his $1 cardinal enslaved because of financial difficulties, according to a report.

Karmelo Anthony, 17, is shacked up pinch his family astatine nan pricey location wrong nan gated organization of Richwoods successful Frisco, Texas, aft he was released from jailhouse Monday connected a reduced $250,000 bond for allegedly sidesplitting Austin Metcalf earlier this month, nan Daily Mail reported.

The location — wherever rent is estimated to beryllium $3,500 a period — had a achromatic Suburban, a achromatic Acura, and a 3rd sedan successful nan driveway connected Tuesday, according to nan outlet.

A neighbour said that nan family had conscionable bought a caller ride.

“He sewage a caller car,” nan resident told nan outlet. “If you look astatine nan licence plate, it’s sewage a insubstantial tag and it says it expires June 4.”

Richwoods is astir a mile distant from Centennial High School, wherever Anthony went to schoolhouse and ran track.

Residents successful nan gated organization were allegedly unaware nan family was surviving astatine nan location until Anthony was released Monday, and person voiced their concerns astir having nan accused slayer successful their exclusive neighborhood.

“Not good. Not good. I don’t deliberation he should beryllium out,” an anonymous mother successful nan vicinity told nan Daily Mail.

Another neighbour besides told nan outlet that Anthony’s family is “not poor” if they unrecorded successful nan gated community.

“They’re not mediocre people. That’s for sure,” he said.

The location has besides been getting flooded pinch deliveries, allegedly for Anthony, pinch Amazon trucks being seen making aggregate drop-offs astatine his home, nan outlet reported.

“The champion point they tin do is move,” said different neighbor. “I deliberation that would beryllium champion for everyone.”

It’s unclear really agelong Anthony and his family person lived astatine nan home.

Anthony had been locked successful Collin County Jail and charged pinch first-degree execution for allegedly stabbing Metcalf, besides 17, successful nan bosom during a conflict complete a spot astatine a way meet connected April 2.

Anthony allegedly told constabulary he was acting successful self-defense, and his family claimed “the communicative being dispersed is false, unjust, and harmful” connected a GiveSendGo.com fundraiser for their ineligible fees — which has raised much than $440,000 arsenic of Wednesday.

Initially, he was being held connected a $1 cardinal enslaved until a Collin County judge slashed nan $250k and ruled that he whitethorn await proceedings astatine location pinch an ankle show nether 24-hour supervision from his parents aliases an “adult designee.”

The lowered enslaved came 1 week aft Anthony’s lawyer said they would inquire nan court to trim nan “excessive” $1 cardinal enslaved and asked nan section territory lawyer to make “a amended determination” of nan charges.

The fund, group up to thief nan teen’s family pinch ineligible fees, is besides being utilized to move and prosecute further security for him and his family amid nan backlash complete Metcalf’s death, his defense attorney, Mike Howard, said.

“Given that Karmelo has nary anterior criminal history and fixed that this young man has not been successful immoderate benignant of problem before, $1 cardinal is not necessary,” Howard said.

“This family needs to beryllium capable to survive,” he went on. “There’s been a tremendous magnitude of pressure. I deliberation astatine this point, surviving successful a gated community, fixed everything, nan information of their younger children is very warranted. Security specifications and criminal defense are not cheap.”

However, Collin County First Assistant Bill Wirsky cross-examined nan family and asked why they hadn’t utilized nan money raised to salary Anthony’s bond.

“It isn’t arsenic elemental arsenic giving a telephone telephone to entree it,” Anthony’s parents said, arsenic reported by Fox 4.

They explained that getting nan money was difficult, and a chunk of it had gone toward Anthony’s ineligible defense.