O.J. Simpson off the hook once again!
posted September 19, 2007 - 10:52am
O.J. Simpson Arrested: The judge in the O.J. Simpson robbery case set bail at $125,000 in a Las Vegas courtroom Wednesday morning. Prosecutors agreed to $125,000 bail. Simpson stood before the judge, hands cuffed, wearing a navy blue jail jumpsuit as the charges were read. He answered quietly in
a hoarse voice and nodded as Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure Jr. detailed charges of kidnapping and robbery, among others, and laid out restrictions for his release. "Mr. Simpson do you understand the charges against you?" the judge asked. "Yes, sir," Simpson said Simpson did not enter a plea. Conditions of the bail agreement include surrendering his passport, and no direct or indirect contact with any co-defendants, witnesses, or alleged victims in the case. Simpson must surrender his passport to his attorney, Yale Galanter. The former NFL star is charged with 11 criminal counts including first-degree kidnapping over an alleged hotel-room robbery last weekend. Simpson said he was just trying to recover stolen memorabilia. If convicted, he could get life in prison and for now is being held without bond. Simpson is to be arraigned Wednesday morning before a justice of the peace. And under Nevada law, she has wide discretion in setting bail and conditions of release. People entering the courtroom will be screened by security officers and police are accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs. Among the reporters in court is Marcia Clark, who unsuccessfully prosecuted Simpson for the 1994 . She's now a correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight." Simpson was charged along with three other men who police believe barged into a hotel room at the Palace Station casino and stole sports memorabilia from two collectors. According to the complaint, the group went to Room 1203 under the pretext of brokering a deal with Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong, two longtime collectors of Simpson memorabilia. Once in the room, Simpson prevented one of the collectors from calling 911 on his cell phone "by ripping it out of Bruce Fromong's hand" while one or more accomplices pointed or displayed a handgun, the document says. The complaint does not specify which of the men involved was carrying the weapon. The kidnapping charges accuse the men of detaining each of the men "against his will, and without his consent, for the purpose of committing a robbery." Fromong, a crucial witness in the case, was in critical condition in a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday, after suffering a heart attack. Two others named in the complaint, Walter Alexander and Clarence Stewart, have been arrested and released pending court hearings. Authorities said Michael McClinton, 49, of Las Vegas, "a key player" in the alleged theft, turned himself in Tuesday night.
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