Judge denies bond request in Kwik Shop robbery case

A judge Wednesday declined a request to lower bond for a 23-year-old Lawrence man accused of robbing Kwik Shop, 845 Miss., in July.

“Looking at the charges, the bonds don’t look to me to be unreasonable,” pro-tem Judge James George told Cordero P. Riley, who also is being held on bond for a separate misdemeanor theft case.

A Lawrence police officer arrested Riley on Wednesday on a warrant charging aggravated robbery in which a man used a handgun on at 3:30 a.m. July 23 to rob a clerk at Kwik Shop. In court Wednesday, Riley asked George for a lower bond “to get my situation straightened out” but George kept his bond at $35,000 in the robbery case and $1,500 in a separate misdemeanor theft case, in which prosecutors accuse Riley of using a stolen credit card three weeks earlier at the same Kwik Shop.

George scheduled Riley’s next hearing for 2 p.m. Tuesday in front of District Judge Kay Huff. Police said Tuesday Riley faced charges in several municipal court cases this year, including a battery and indecent exposure case in which he’s accused of striking a 31-year-old Tonganoxie woman in the face — while he had his pants around his ankles — on May 4 inside Dollar General, 1811 W. Sixth St.