| Omari
Williams Still Not Arraigned After Oct 23
Arrest So Use of Restraints On Him
Authorized
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 14 – Omari Williams
was arrested and presented on
October 23 and has been
detained since. But he has yet
to be arraigned.
On January
13, U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge John G. Koeltl held
a proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
Judge
Koeltl said, with initial
co-defendant Tyreek James on
the line, "Is Mr. Williams
here?"
No, was the
answer. Mr Williams, it was
said, was refusing to be
produced or attend these
proceedings. On PACER, still
under the Magistrates Court
docket, there are two Orders
to Continue in the Interest of
Justice, dated November 23 and
December 23.
Where is Mr.
Williams?
Apparently, he is
in the Essex County jail and
wants out. His CJA lawyer
Kenneth Montgomery offered
some consent on Williams'
behalf.
The
complaint, back from May, was
about a Porsche stolen from
the 13th Street garage and
driven across the George
Washington Bridge into New
Jersey.
Where
Williams now is, or is said to
be, in the Essex County
jail. Judge Koeltl
scheduled another proceeding
for January 27.
On January
14, in advance of that, the US
Attorney's Office proposed to
Judge Koeltl an order
authorizing the US Marshals
and Essex Corrections "to use
reasonable force necessary to
remove the defendant, Omari
Williams, from his cell in the
Essex County Correctional
Facility to be arraigned."
On January 22,
force was authorized. But it
didn't work. AUSA Sam
Rothschild on January 27 wrote
to Judge Koeltl that "On
January 27 the defendant
appeared remotely for his
arraignment but before he
could be arraigned, he became
irate, hung up the phone and
left the room." So a new order
proposed and signed, including
the use of restraints. We will
continue to report on this.
The case is US v.
Williams, 20-mj-4932 (Koeltl)
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