Violation of Bond Conditions Leads To Warrant For Arrest

Clay County Sheriff Andy Myers announces that the Clay County State’s Attorney Phillip M. Givens filed a Motion to Revoke Bond in the cases of Phillip Blaine Henson on October 26, 2022. Phillip Blaine Henson’s bond was previously set in Clay County Court at 1.25 million dollars on March 18, 2022, which required Henson to post $125,000 cash to bond out of jail. Special conditions of his bond included wearing a GPS monitor at all times. On August 11, 2022, $125,000.00 was posted for Henson’s bond and he was placed on a GPS monitor.

The Motion to Revoke Bond alleges that Phillip Blaine Henson removed his GPS monitor without permission and his whereabouts are unknown. On October 31, 2022, an Arrest Warrant was issued for Henson.

Henson had been recently living and working in or around the McLeansboro, IL area. Anyone with any information of the whereabouts of Henson please submit your information by texting XCRIME to tip411 or by using the XCRIME app or Sheriff’s App on your smartphone to remain anonymous or contact the Clay County Sheriff’s Office at 618-665-3316.

Phillip Blaine Henson is currently charged with the following offenses, Unlawful Deliveries of Methamphetamine, a Class X Felony and Class 1 Felony, and Drug-Induced Homicide, a Class X Felony.

The allegations in this press release are merely charges and Henson is presumed innocent while these charges are pending until proven guilty in a court of law.