The release of an Excelsior Springs woman has been ordered following a hearing earlier this month in connection with a series of bond violations tied to disputed drug test results. The decision reinstates Desiree A. Alexander’s original $20,000 cash bond less than three weeks after she was taken into custody on a warrant for an alleged bond violation. Alexander, 37, is charged with nine felonies and one misdemeanor from a 2022 case, including three counts of first-degree rape or attempted rape, two counts of abuse or neglect of a child, and one count each of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy, incest, first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree attempted sexual abuse and first-degree sexual misconduct.Alexander recently appeared by video before 43rd Judicial Circuit Court Judge J. Bartley Spear Jr., where her attorney, Michael J. Englert, requested review of her detention and the conditions of release. Following review of ...