OK - now at appeal of release of Carrero charged with lighting a sleeping person on fire on NYC subway - Judge Lerhberger ordered him free today on $100,000 on secured bond. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
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Inner City Press15 hours ago
OK -now at bail hearing on Hiram Carrero, Federally charged for allegrdly lighting a person of fire on the NYC subway. Defense: He's 18 and his mother is here, in the mask. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
AUSA: The defendant saw a sleeping person on a subway car on 34th Street and threw a burning paper on him - he was engulfed in flames by 42nd Street. If more than 8 block he might have died. Federal Defender: Judge Lehrberger released him to his mother
Federal Defender: I hear from his mother that the person may have set themselves on fire Judge Caproni: And the defendant had the bad luck of throwing paper on a person who set themselves on fire? I don't find that credible. FD: He's not be charged before
Judge Caproni: I don't understand an 18 year old being out at 3 am lighting people on fire. So I have little confidence in home detention - it's only as good as his compliance. FD: Can't he be at home while we figure out what's going on with him?
Judge Caproni: I am overruling Magistrate Judge Lehrberger and I am order the defendant detained. Thank you all - clear out, I have something else on after you.
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