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Bond’s most recent mugshot
After the Jefferson County Criminal Court moved forward on an older case gathering dust on its docket, coordinators postponed an alleged conwoman’s case to January of next year – leaving the 37-year-old woman in jail after she violated multiple bond conditions.
Mary Genevive Bond’s name appeared on Judge John Stevens’ trial docket for Oct. 10. Since the court moved forward that day on an older case, coordinators have scheduled her next hearing for Jan. 9, 2023.
Before Bond’s latest Aug. 24 indictment, Judge Stevens learned the woman stopped wearing her ankle monitor properly for three months. A probable cause affidavit dated Aug. 24 attributed to Bond says she stole $3,834.19 from Texas District 22 candidate Christian “Manuel” Hayes.
“My banker literally said, ‘The dummy put her name on it,’” Hayes explained of confronting his banking institution regarding a series of suspicious charges noted as campaign workers began filling out required campaign finance reporting for the month of May. “She stole money up until Election Day… and now the bank account has been closed.”
Hayes told the paper in June that, despite the current investigation and the fact that Bond was out on bond for a host of other felonies including auto theft, the alleged career conwoman again absconded with money from the campaign that did not belong to her. From the bank reports for Hayes’ campaign finances for April – two months after he first filed theft charges against his former campaign worker – a trail can be traced from Hayes’ $3,834 to bills attributed directly to Bond – her child’s Catholic school tuition payment, a loan payment to Neches FCU, and a loan payment to Westlake Financial.
According to the probable cause affidavit acquired Aug. 24, Bond was “relieved” of employment from Hayes in January – three months before the theft occurred.
“Bond transferred $3,834.19 total to accounts benefitting herself,” the affidavit reads. “Bond unlawfully appropriated funds with the intent to deprive Hayes. The investigation showed the routing number and unique account number belonging to Hayes’ account was used to make the transfers. Bond intentionally used the unique account identifying information without the owner’s consent with the intent to defraud another.”
Another indicted Beaumonter revealed his relation to Bond since the woman last appeared in court, with alleged sexual and financial predator Billy Lynn Woolley telling The Examiner, “I’ve never had anything to do with Mary Bond, other than one time I let her sleep at my house for two or three months when she was in a bad spot in her life and nobody wanted to help her.”
Woolley then admitted that Bond went on a beach trip with him and was in an AA group with the man.
As of press time, Bond’s name appeared on the Jefferson County inmate roster alongside charges for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, securing the execution of a document by deception, credit/debit card abuse, stealing/receiving a stolen check, two theft charges and one fraudulent use of identifying information. Bond remains in the jail under Stevens’ order for her not to have a bond on three of her seven charges.
B. Scott McLendon is a staff writer in his fourth year in Beaumont. Contact Scott with questions, comments and story ideas by calling (334) 482-2801, emailing scott@theexaminer.com or visiting The Examiner at 795 Willow Street in Downtown Beaumont.