| For Entering
Capitol Jan 6 Chris Ortiz Is Freed On
$60000 Bond Signed By Father in EDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Song Doc
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FEDERAL COURT,
Jan 27 – Three weeks
after in the US Capitol among
other things Mark Leffingwell
stuck a Capitol Police officer
repeatedly with a closed fist
(and was freed), a 27 year old
Long Island man was arrested
and then freed on $60,000 bond
signed by his father. Inner
City Press live tweeted it, here:
Chris Ortiz
appears before EDNY Judge Anne
Shields. Ortiz: “Lol they can
come and get me; I didn’t
vandalize or steal; I walked
through and out.”
Ortiz was
going to have a lawyer named
Mark Gann. Now, hours later,
he has Federal Defender Randi
Chavez. And significant
feedback on his line. His
parents are on the line,
presumably as suretors. AUSA:
Mr. Ortiz is to appear virtual
in DDC. Federal Defender
Chavis: Do I call in too?
[Feedback]
Judge: I can
barely hear you.
AUSA: We
are proposing a $60,000 bond
secured by defendant's
parents. Mr. Ortiz is on the
line. Judge: Do you mean Mr.
Ortiz's father? Federal
Defender: Yes. His name is
Wandi.
Chris Ortiz is 27
years old. Wandi: Can
you hear me? Judge: Yes. Mr.
Christopher Ortiz, you have to
surrender your passport.
Chris Ortiz: I
have to surrender my passport?
Judge: Yes. By Friday.
Pre-Trial came come to see if
he is home.
Wandi: Who is
coming over?
Federal Defender
Chavis: It's a court agency.
It's people who work for the
court. Wandi: OK. Judge: Must
give notice of travel outside
EDNY. [What - no SDNY?]
Judge: Can the
father come in and sign the
bond? Pre-Trial: Room 200, if
they are allowed in by CSOs.
Judge: Do you
have any questions about the
conditions, Mr. Ortiz?
Ortiz: I'd like
to know-- Federal Defender: I
will explain it to you. Judge:
Because I want to make sure
you understand. Can you
come up to the courtroom and
get the bond?
FD: Send to Marshals.
On January 8,
Mark Leffingwell who entered
the Capitol and punched a
Capitol Police officer was
released to fly back to him
home in Seattle, no GPS
monitor, no bond.
Inner City Press
covered the case.
U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia
Magistrate Judge G. Michael
Harvey held the detention, or
really non-detention,
proceeding. Inner City Press
live tweeted it here:
(then, song here)
Now in Federal
Court in DC, hearing of
detained Mark Jefferson
LEFFINGWELL who "attempted to
push past me and other
officers. When he was deterred
from advancing further into
the building, LEFFINGWELL
punched me repeatedly with a
closed fist."
Assistant US
Attorney is *not* asking for
detention . He'll be allowed
to travel back home to
Seattle.
AUSA: We'll
be requesting strict
conditions... A stay-away from
DC... A curfew. Judge:
You say he works. What is it?
Lawyer: A packaging plant
called Panacea in Everett,
Washington. 30 to 40 hours a
week.
From the
complaint: "I was struck in
the helmet that I was wearing
and in the chest. Working with
other officers, I was able to
gain control over LEFFINGWELL,
who attempted to struggle
while being detained. I
transported LEFFINGWELL to US
Capitol Police HQ."
Judge Harvey:
Believe it or not, I have a
lot of these case. Pre-Trial
should find out about GPS in
the Districts where these
folks come from. I released
someone else yesterday.
Defense: GPS is not necessary.
He has 2 children.
Defense: He wants
to go to church on the
weekend. No need to be on a
GPS. We'll take a stay away.
He's never been to DC before.
Mrs. Leffingwell:
I'm an insurance agent. We
have a son, Noah, and
Nicholas. Judge: I am going to
release Mr. Leffingwell.
Judge: You can
turn in your guns to a police
station. You must call
pre-trial once a week and keep
working [at the packaging
plant.] Stay away from DC
except for court. Our
proceedings will be remote,
you probably won't have to
come.
Judge
Harvey: I don't see the point
of putting him on a curfew if
we're not going to do GPS.
Defense: He needs his ID to
fly back to Seattle.
AUSA: We have
nothing.
Defense: He
passed his phone to one of his
friends. I think they have his
license.
AUSA: A third
party? I can look for it.
Which agency.
Defense: He was
brought to 1-D-1, next to the
baseball field, then the cell
block.
Judge Harvey: I
am going to release Mr
Leffingwell. He must stay away
from Washington DC. [That
seems to be the main focus]
Judge Harvey:
You'll have to Zoom in to the
preliminary hearing... We've
got the phone number, no
worries, Mr. Leffingwell.
Song on SoundCloud here.
***
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