A Texas teenager charged with the deadly stabbing of a high school football standout is now back home—but the setting is raising eyebrows.
Seventeen-year-old Karmelo Anthony, accused of fatally stabbing fellow student Austin Metcalf during a heated dispute at a Frisco track meet earlier this month, is currently out on bond. But according to local reports, he’s residing in a high-end gated neighborhood—inside a nearly $1 million home—despite prior court claims of financial hardship.
Anthony was initially being held on a $1 million bond at the Collin County Jail. But after his attorneys argued the amount was excessive, a judge reduced it to $250,000. Following his release, the teen returned to a rental home in the affluent Richwoods community, where rents reportedly hover around $3,500 a month.
Residents say they were caught off guard when the Anthony family went back home. One mother in the neighborhood told reporters, “This doesn’t sit right. I don’t think he should be back here.” Another local said bluntly, “These folks are clearly not struggling financially.”
