Bond was reduced Monday for a Rapid City man who admitted to not telling police about the murder of a Rapid City woman last year.

The bond of Aaron Jones, 25, was reduced from $50,000 to $22,000. Pennington County Deputy State's attorney Ken Varns said Jones isl not expected to be able to post bond to gain temporary release from jail. His sentencing date is pending.

Jones in August pleaded guilty in 7th Circuit Court to misprision of a felony for not telling police about the murder of Tamara Magic, who was killed Nov. 8, 2007.

Magic, 44, was found beaten and stabbed to death at her home.

Tad Blackburn, 22, was arrested in November 2007 and charged with first-degree murder in Magic's death. A trial is pending for Blackburn, who is being held in the Pennington County Jail.

Jones originally faced one count of being an accessory to first-degree murder and an alternative count of accessory to second-degree murder, in addition to the misprision charge.

As part of a plea agreement, the state dropped the accessory charge on the condition that Jones plead guilty to the misprision charge and to possessing a controlled substance, a charge not related to the murder case, according to Varns.