Shooting suspect Deborah A. Reimer was released from jail Wednesday after posting a 10 percent premium on a $50,000 bond.
Reimer's release was enabled Tuesday when 5th District Court Judge Barry Wood reduced her bail tenfold at the conclusion of a court hearing in Hailey.
Although no longer jailed, there are restrictions on Reimer's movements. She is not allowed to leave the state of Idaho, is prohibited from entering Blaine County except for court matters and is required to wear an ankle monitor so that authorities can keep tabs on her whereabouts.
Reimer, 54, has been charged with second-degree attempted murder for allegedly firing two shots at former boyfriend Bob Dreyer on July 18 at his home at Glade Court in south Ketchum.
As a further condition of her release, Wood ordered Reimer not to go north of the city limits of Hailey when she is in Blaine County for court appearances or to meet with her court appointed attorney Keith Roark.
Meanwhile, Dreyer is not happy with the arrangement. He told the Idaho Mountain Express following Tuesday's court hearing that he is still fearful of Reimer, that he's not comfortable with the monitoring system and that necessity will take him out of Blaine County at times.
The monitoring system that Reimer is required to wear around her ankle combines GPS satellite tracking with a cell phone.
The system was explained during Tuesday's court hearing by Jack E. Green, one of the owners of Fast Bail Bond Inc. in Wendell.
Green said that a transponder in the monitoring unit receives "pings" every five minutes from a satellite tracking system. If the wearer of a monitor leaves an area where they're supposed to be, or enters one where they are not, an alarm triggers at the monitoring facilities in Sandy, Utah. The wearer then gets a cell phone call from the monitoring center advising the wearer. Law enforcement is contacted if the wearer doesn't return immediately to where they are supposed to be.
"Every five minutes the satellite will report to us where they are," Green told the court. He said one limitation of the system is that it can't track a person's whereabouts if the person is in a building with a metal roof.
"We can see them going in, and we can see them coming out, but we can't see them when they are inside," Green said.
Roark said during the hearing that Reimer was an "executive" for 18 years, has owned three different properties in the Wood River Valley and was only somewhat dependant upon Dreyer when she lived with him off and on for three years prior to the shooting.
Court records say that Reimer lived at times in her vehicle when she wasn't staying with Dreyer.
Reimer is currently staying with a friend in Gooding. Jury trial in her case is scheduled to start on Jan. 15, 2008, in 5th District Court in Hailey.
Shooting suspect Deborah A. Reimer beams in 5th Distinct Court in Hailey on Tuesday after her bond was reduced from $500,000 to $50,000. She was released from jail on Wednesday and is staying with a friend in Gooding awaiting a Jan. 15, 2008 jury trial.
Photo by Willy Cook
