COLUMBIA, S.C.—A judge revoked house arrest Thursday for the man authorities say agreed to kill disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh so he could get a life insurance settlement for Murdaugh’s son but ended up just grazing his head with a bullet.
The decision by Circuit Judge Clifton Newman revoking bond and requiring Curtis “Eddie” Smith to await trial in jail involves a new set of charges linked to Murdaugh—allegations that Smith helped the disbarred attorney with a drug and $2.4 million money laundering ring.
Before Newman even finished announcing his decision, the sound of a deputy clicking handcuffs across Smith’s wrists behind his back could be heard across the courtroom. Smith had walked into the Richland County courthouse a free man through the front door….