By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@thecitizennews.com

Bond hearings were postponed Friday for two suspects in a Fayetteville home invasion case since neither had lawyers representing them in court.

One of the suspects, Gerald Antonio Raysor, 29, told Superior Court Judge Ben J. Miller that he has hired an attorney. But Raysor claimed he was only notified of the bond hearing the previous evening after 10 p.m. when access to phones is cut off to inmates at the jail.

The other suspect, Thale Antaneal Brownlee, 25, also said he didn't know about the hearing until the night before. He indicated that his family was going to hire a lawyer to represent him, but they had not done so yet.

Raysor's attorney was contacted, but he could not show up in court later in the afternoon. Judge Miller said the pair's bond hearings will be Friday, July 21.

The two are accused of forcing Thaddius White into his home March 8 and tying him up. A small amount of cash was taken before White's attackers left the scene, police said.

Neither White nor his two children were hurt seriously during the incident.

Brownlee and Raysor were arrested for armed robbery and burglary several weeks ago when police found them at Raysor's Atlanta residence. Brownlee also was charged with possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.