Harris County District Court Judge Beverly Armstrong refused to give Houston attorney Sean Kennedy another chance at freedom on Wednesday, ordering him held without bond after a two-day hearing that sent him back to jail while homicide investigators keep digging into the disappearance of 40-year-old Robert Bond. Bond vanished in June 2024 after moving into the Kennedys' Galleria-area home, and his relatives say the long wait for answers has been brutal. Prosecutors told the court they have evidence Kennedy violated earlier bond conditions and was targeting neighbors even while under court supervision, as reported by ABC13.
Searches and family pleas
Bond was last seen on June 16, 2024, and investigators have executed multiple search warrants at the Sage Road property where he had been staying, according to ABC13. During earlier searches, authorities recovered documents and personal items tied to Bond. His mother told the station she fears the worst as the investigation pushes into a second year with no sign of her son.
Prosecutors allege stalking and monitoring violations
Prosecutors urged Judge Armstrong to keep Kennedy behind bars, arguing that the attorney - who was arrested on a stalking charge on Feb. 18 - secretly installed a surveillance camera pointed at a neighbor's bedroom, damaged property, disrupted utilities and interfered with a court-ordered GPS monitor, as reported by Click2Houston. Kennedy's defense attorney, Anthony Osso, pushed back, saying the stalking allegations are not backed up by evidence. "We're not enthusiastic about the ruling ... but I respect her decision," Osso told the court.
Previous charges, searches and courtroom fights
The current case stacks on top of a tangle of earlier searches and criminal counts dating back to 2024. That year, HPD served warrants at the Sage Road townhome and found drugs and items believed to be linked to Bond. The couple later faced identity-theft and burglary allegations, according to FOX26 Houston. Hoodline pulled together that timeline, including the discovery of more than 50 pieces of identifying information during those searches, in an earlier breakdown titled More Than 50 IDs Seized, underscoring just how long this probe has been grinding on.
Legal implications
Kennedy now faces a state stalking charge on top of the earlier drug counts that originally put him under court supervision. Prosecutors argued that the new allegations and what they describe as repeated failures to follow bond rules justify keeping him locked up without bond, according to local reports. His wife, Alle Price, is still out on bond on charges that include possession or use of fraudulent identifying information and alleged credit or debit card abuse. Neither Kennedy nor Price has been charged in Bond's disappearance, ABC13 notes. HPD's missing-person investigation remains active, and the department has not announced any charges tied directly to Bond's vanishing.
What's next
Kennedy is not scheduled to return to court until May, according to Click2Houston, and prosecutors say the investigation into Robert Bond's disappearance is very much ongoing. Bond's family members continue to plead for information, while Houston police are again urging anyone who may know something to contact the department's missing-persons unit.
