excalibur
Diamond Member
- Mar 19, 2015
- 28,485
- 57,594
- 2,290
And who is this guy who is the mayor? Another Democrat clown.
www.foxnews.com
As the investigation into a viral beating in Cincinnati that shook the nation and has been described as "a racial issue" continues, a victim and multiple suspects are facing criminal charges.
In the early morning hours of July 26, a confrontation outside the LoVe nightclub, located on the corner of Fourth and Elm Street in the city's downtown business district, led to a horrific beatdown that was captured on video.
...
The fallout from the assault has thrown city leadership into turmoil, as Mayor Aftab Pureval was missing in action for several days following the incident, leading to the local Fraternal Order Police (FOP) unanimously voting no-confidence in him. (emphasis added)
Meanwhile, suspects have been rounded up locally and across state lines. All have been charged at the state level, and some face serious federal charges.
Here is the status of each suspect:
Jermaine Mathews, 39: Federal custody
Mathews, who has been described by prosecutors as the "coordinator" of the brawl, is in federal custody after being arrested Monday on charges unrelated to the beatdown.
He has been charged federally with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and operating a premises for the purpose of trafficking narcotics.
Thursday, he appeared before a federal judge for a bond hearing, and his attorney Kara Blackney successfully argued that since he has no prior violent felony convictions and plenty of ties to the Cincinnati community, including three children and a business, he should be released from custody while awaiting trial on those charges.
However, federal prosecutors immediately appealed that decision, and as of Friday, Mathews remained in custody where he will stay until the appeal is heard.
Those drug charges arose after he posted a $270,000 bond and was released from local custody on the charges stemming from the fight: three counts of felonious assault, three counts of assault and two counts of aggravated rioting.
Montianez Merriweather, 34: Local custody
After the July 26 melee, Merriweather was assessed a $250,000 bond on three counts of felonious assault, three counts of assault and two counts of aggravated rioting.
He did not post bond.
On Aug. 13, he was charged federally with illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon stemming from a July 2 incident.
Despite the federal charge, Hamilton County Jail records indicate that Merriweather is still being held in Cincinnati.
...
Viral Cincinnati beating suspects: full list of offenders, charges and custody statuses
Cincinnati beating suspects have been charged with violent felonies and some with unrelated federal crimes, and some are in jail while others have bonded out pending trial.
www.foxnews.com
