DC: A head-scratching prosecutorial misstep caused a New Mexico judge to dismiss all charges against three of the five defendants arrested at a suspected Muslim extremest compound earlier this month.
Judge Emilio Chavez said Wednesday he had no choice but to release defendants Lucas Morton, Subhanna Wahhaj and Hujrah Wahhaj because state prosecutors failed to schedule a probable cause hearing within 10 business days of their arrest, as required by law.
The trio was arrested along with two other suspects, Siraj Wahhaj and Jany Leveille, after authorities raided their ramshackle compound on Aug. 3. During the raid, police discovered 11 malnourished children living in squalor, as well as the remains of a 3-year-old boy who was later identified as Siraj Wahhaj’s missing son, Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj. All five defendants were subsequently charged with 11 counts of felony child abuse.
Police also found multiple firearms and evidence suggesting the adults had been training the children to commit some kind of mass shooting, according to court records. On Tuesday, prosecutors said a handwritten note titled “Phases of a Terrorist Attack” was among the documents seized at the compound. more here
Hunh. Surprised it wasn’t a “glitch”. They must have really needed somebody to take the fall for this, and it damn sure wasn’t going to be the judge.
Error my ass, follow the money to Soros.
So, whose error will it be that they bulldozed the compound and destroyed any and all evidence?
Seriously?! Though I doubt we’ll ever get the answers.
They will at least be deported…right?
Mean while, the FBI destroyed any and all evidence at their compound. Why do I get the idea that these people will be shooting up a mall next Christmas. With the FBI’s permission apparently.
It was no error
Was Obama in Taos exploring a few art galleries?…
Hate to paint with a broadbrush, but I’m quickly losing confidence in LE and the Judicial system in US.
That Judge Chavez (prior to being seated) and DA Gallegos were sanctioned by the Bar, and now what is the most important case before them, made such a technical error, is unbelievable.
I’m still waiting for an explanation of the Las Vegas shooting
The prosecutor, Mr. Machmood Shabbazz was unavailable for comment.
When does NM’s terrorist hunting season begin? Any bag limits?
Oh, those “error-prone” prosecutors. I’m betting they’ll get their shit together if it comes to suspicious behaviour by conservative white males
@Bad_Brad:
Like at Pam Geller’s ‘Draw Muhammad’ event in Texas a few years ago. The FBI (Federal Bunglers & Instigators) had a supposed CI in with the baddies but he didn’t try to stop them from actually doing the deed. Fortunately for us, there was a security guy who DID know what to do and took the two of the three bad guys (not the CI) out, sending them to join Allah & Muhammad in hell.
No one in the FBI has paid for that one…
Smells like CIA to me.
Prosecute the feckless prosecutor(s) instead.
TommyBoy in IN
Yea, when you consider local LE got tired of waiting for the FBI and decided to go in them selves, because they thought children were in danger, something really stinks. Again.
Bad_Brad, they’ll probably circle back and hit Grady Hospital, which will take the FBI completely by surprise. And the APD. I pity the mall cop hospital security guards.
D. A. Donald Gallegos is a (d). Check the ‘net – then draw your own conclusions.
These bastards [(d)s] are at war with the rest of us.
Anybody get fired yet? Nobody?
Mr. Anth Ropy, please. It was an error! It’s not like somebody intended to do it. Extreme carelessness at most.
None of them should be hard to locate. Be a real shame if something happened to them.
Anonymous, that’s a favorite trick of the FBI: let them go and see where they wander. Then lose track of them and forget about it.
This got bigfooted by the FBI. It’s likely another one of their bullshit operations. They either think this guy is some “informant” when he’s actually a grifter, or he’s slated to pull off the next Vegas type operation to justify FBI budget requests. I would never put it past the FBI to be that sociopathic. Not now.
My husband has been saying for a while that he thinks these mass shootings might be funded/encouraged/sanctioned by certain anonymous leftists…
A lot of empty country in NM, and other places.
How many more out there, is the real question.
And what they’re up to.
“District Attorney Donald Mohammed Gallegos provided no explanation for not scheduling the hearings.”