Nikolai Bonds pleads no contest
The 20-year-old son of former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of vandalism and battery stemming from an altercation with his mother, a prosecutor said Friday.
Nikolai Lamar Bonds will get credit for several days spent in county jail and will serve no additional time, said Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County's chief deputy district attorney. Bonds must pay a $2,130 fine and undergo 32 hours of anger management training.
In exchange for Bonds' plea Thursday, prosecutors agreed to dismiss misdemeanor charges of false imprisonment, threatening a police officer and obstructing a police officer, Wagstaffe said.
Bonds was arrested after a Dec. 5 incident that started with his mother, Sun Bonds, questioning him about jewelry that was missing from their Menlo Park house.
Bonds apparently followed his mother into a bedroom, began to throw furniture around and prevented her from leaving the house, police said.
He also spat in her face, which was the battery, Wagstaffe said. The prosecutor said Sun Bonds had refused to cooperate in the case against her son, contributing to his office's decision to reach a plea deal.
Sun Bonds is the former wife of Barry Bonds. The two divorced in 1994 after six years of marriage.
The 20-year-old son of former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vandalism and assault charges stemming from a fight with his mother.
Nikolai Bonds entered the plea Thursday as part of a deal with San Mateo County prosecutors. Three additional misdemeanor charges dropped.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe says Bonds was sentenced to four days in jail, but given credit for time served.
Authorities say Bonds threw a doorknob at his mother, Sun Bonds, spit in her face and stopped her from leaving through the front door of her Menlo Park home on Dec. 5 after she suggested his friends may have taken jewelry.
Wagstaffe says prosecutors reached a deal because Sun Bonds refused to cooperate in the case.