ST. CHARLES – Hours after a judge refused to reduce her bond, Hailey Zenk’s new husband posted the $20,000 cash to have her released from a St. Charles County jail where she’s been for a week following revocation of her violation.

Gabriel Carrera posted the bond at 11:48 a.m., about 3 hours after the same judge who ruled on the side of “justice with mercy” at Zenk’s sentencing denied a bond reduction request for violating terms of her probation.

Judge Michael Fagras said Zenk, 19, would remain in the St. Charles County jail on a $20,000 cash-only bond, adding if she did raise the money for her release, there would be additional conditions she would have to abide by.

Zenk was arrested last week after her alcohol-monitoring bracelet reported it was being tampered with twice, once for about six hours and once for nearly 24 hours, in late November. During the first tampering incident, the device also detected alcohol, although it couldn’t determine if it was consumed or simply in contact with the device.

Zenk’s attorney, Nathan Steimel, requested bond be reduced to $10,000.

“Hailey has cooperated and everything, she’s been good in terms of her probation,” he said. “The violation is two tampering incidents on this SCRAM bracelet. And we think those need to be investigated further, but we think she should be out while that’s happening.”

Judge Fagras didn’t agree on any level.

“Well, here’s the deal. You said that she cooperated with everything, but here we are,” he said. “I mean, unfortunately, we’re here. So, I’m not going to reduce the bond.”

Fagras said if Zenk does post bond, there will be conditions upon her release.

“House arrest. Scram bracelet. And she can only … if she posts … go to church, the doctor or for any treatment that she gets,” he said. “But nothing else. You know, it is what it is and it’s gonna remain what it is.”

After denying Zenk’s bond reduction request, Fagras set a Feb. 7 hearing date at 8:30 a.m. for her probation revocation. Zenk was originally sentenced to 10 years in prison with a suspended sentence on drunk driving charges stemming from a Feb. 5, 2023 accident that killed three Lincoln County teenagers, Kaeden Tyler, William Flickinger and Emily McNees, while seriously injuring a fourth, Trevor Bogert.

Lincoln County Prosecutor Mike Wood said if the judge rules she did violation her probation and revokes it, there’s a wide range of the sentence she could face.

“That could be anything from I’m going continue you on probation, but let this be a warning to you. Don’t let it happen again,” Wood said. “He could give her a weekend in jail. He could add additional conditions to her probation, or he could just revoke her probation and say, you know what, you had a chance, you messed it up, and I’m sending you to 10 years.”