| US Drops Defendant Ex Wife
After Message But January Layoff From Target
Means Detained
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 16 – The day before
Melike McCrimmon's bail
hearing, one witness against
him (his ex-wife) was dropped
by the US Attorney's Office
after "troubling
communications to his current
girlfriend" which the defense
submitted but did not put in
the public documents.
On
September 16 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
George B. Daniels held the
lengthy bail hearing. Inner
City Press covered
it.
By dropping the
ex-wife as a witness, the US
Attorney's Office also dropped
their "danger to the
community" arguments, relying
instead only on risk of
flight.
They emphasized
previous non-appearances, and
what they called a misleading
of the authorities with
falsified medical
records.
McCrimmon's
CJA lawyers from the Sher
Tremonte firm emphasized that
he is hard working.
Judge Daniels
asked why he lost his job at
Target and was told, Because
of the pandemic. But the
termination was in January
2020. Prescient?
Next they
talked about an online
platform or app for offering
handyman skills.
Judge Daniels,
ever practical, asked How much
did you make? The answer
wasn't clear.
Ultimately Judge
Daniels denied bail, but said
he would push for as fast a
trial as possible.
The case is US v.
McCrimmon, 20-cr-343 (Daniels)
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