| Man Indicted For 1000 Pounds
of Pot in 2013 Is Held In Jail In 2019 Names
of Children Unredacted
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 14 – In 2013 under
US Attorney Preet Bharara,
Bentley Gerard Hatchett was
indicted for conspiracy to
distribute more than 1,000
pounds of
marijuana.
On November 14,
2019 Hatchett was denied bail
by Magistrate Judge Katharine
H. Parker of the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
Judge Parker noted how long
Hatchett had evaded capture,
the long distance to his home
in Austin, Texas and
inconsistencies in statements
about how much his family,
member of which were in the
gallery with Inner City Press,
knew and when they knew it.
Afterward Hatchett's retained
counsel Randolph E. Daar of
San Francisco, admitted pro
hac vice, congratulated
Assistant US Attorney Brett
Kalikow for his arguments,
then strategized with
Hatchett's family members in
the hall outside the Mag
court.
Daar's application for bail
had stated, "it should be
noted actions taken by the
federal government in response
to the growing number of
states enacting law legalizing
medical and recreational
cannabis demonstrate a
recognition that the offence
is not as harmful as the law
would suggest."
He also noted that Hatchett's
mother Betty Chomel had a 40
year career in the high tech
industry, from Texas
Instruments to
Hewlett-Packard. His father
was a politico-military
affairs officer. Daar's
filing, Inner City Press
notes, does not redact the
names of minor children. The
case is USA v. Hatchett,
13-cr-634 (Swain / Parker).
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