Bond set for stylist in Buckhead salon gun incident
The hairstylist who allegedly shot a gun into the floor of a Buckhead salon in a dispute over a client's hair was in court Wednesday, and a judge set his bond at $102,000, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Corwin C. Pledger, 24, who faces 12 charges total of aggravated assault and terroristic threats in the incident, had turned himself in Tuesday. Each aggravated assault with a weapon charge represents a victim who was in the area when the weapon was discharged, according to Channel 2.
Pledger allegedly got angry when his client, Neffe Pugh, sister of Atlanta singer Keisha Cole, went to Derek J.'s salon, the J Spot on Pharr Road, to have her hair redone after being unhappy with Pledger's work.
"The suspect pointed a loaded handgun at several customers and discharged his weapon while inside the business on Pharr Road," Atlanta police said in a March 14 news release.
Derek J., who has made regular appearances on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" and appeared in the Chris Rock movie "Good Hair," told Channel 2 he was not happy about the shot fired at his salon. "I'm upset because my floor is messed up now," said Derek J., whose last name is Johnson.
No one was hurt in the shooting, but a bullet pierced the floor.
Pledger's attorney, Wanda Jackson, said the entire incident had been overblown. She said Pledger, who was being processed to leave the jail late Wednesday afternoon, didn't even know there was a warrant out for his arrest until he saw it on Twitter.
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