ANN ARBOR, MI - A man accused of shooting a delivery driver over a parking spot will remain free for now, despite multiple bond violations.

Jacob LaBelle, 25, of Ann Arbor, tested positive for marijuana on Jan. 3 and failed to show up to eight required drug tests from October through January, according to information read in court Wednesday, Feb. 6 by Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Archie Brown.

After a lengthy bench conference between Brown, the prosecutor and his two attorneys, LaBelle apologized for the lapse.

His doctor was away for a month while he suffered bouts of depression and anxiety, with which he has a history, along with post-traumatic stress, he told the court.

"I understand that I slipped up and if you do give me another chance - I understand that you don’t have to and you don’t owe me it - but I will do my absolute best to be a model citizen, your honor," he said.

Assistant Washtenaw County Prosecutor Michael Doby argued he should be taken into custody over the violations. He did not elaborate in open court.

Though Brown allowed LaBelle to remain free on a $250,000 cash or surety bond, he warned him that a warrant will be issued should LaBelle make another misstep.

“Regardless of what other conduct, individual you may be interacting with, you’re obligated to follow the rules, the orders of this court,” Brown said. “It’s not something you make up on your own.”

LaBelle has been free since May 2018, after bond was posted by his mother, prominent Ann Arbor attorney Deborah LaBelle, court records indicate.

He was previously allowed to leave the state, despite bond conditions against it, to seek inpatient mental health treatment, court records show.

is Ann Arbor-based attorneys John Shea and Douglas Mullkoff have also filed a motion to bring an expert to Jacob LaBelle’s trial to testify on why his post-traumatic stress disorder would cause him to carry a gun and how the condition could have caused a “startle” response, and unintentional gun discharge.

LaBelle was diagnosed with PTSD slightly more than a month before the shooting, according to court filings.

LaBelle is charged with assault with intent to murder, carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearm for shooting delivery driver Michael Ritter about 9:30 p.m. May 14, 2018, near the Walgreens at 317 South State St. in Ann Arbor.

Ritter blocked LaBelle’s Mercedes and got angry when LaBelle knocked over delivery totes, the delivery driver testified at a July 2018 preliminary examination. Ritter then knocked over a 6-foot stack of totes himself, striking LaBelle.

“He didn’t ask how long we were going to be,” Ritter said. “He said ‘Move it. I got my CCW.’ The Walgreens kids tried to reason with him. This was my last delivery and I just wanted to go home.”

After an altercation in which he failed to get the gun away from LaBelle, Ritter said “Do it. You would be doing me a favor. This is a sh*t job,” he testified.

A Walgreens employee testified he saw Labelle pushing Ritter against the side of the truck and attempted to pull Labelle off him when he heard a gunshot.

Ritter was shot in the torso.

LaBelle did not have a license to carry the weapon, prosecutors said in a court motion.

Defense attorneys Shea and Mullkoff argued during the preliminary examination that LaBelle didn’t have intent to kill and only pulled out his handgun to defend himself.

The two declined to comment on what was said at the bench conference Wednesday.

Shea, however, said there was a reason Brown ruled the way he did on bond and noted the bond violations were fairly recent.

"Every case is different and everybody's circumstances are different and there are sometimes better reasons than others for why technical violations could occur," he said.

Brown declined to comment on the ongoing case.

LaBelle is scheduled for a Feb. 13 motion hearing on the inclusion of an expert witness, a March 13 final pretrial and an April 1 jury trial.