Man accused of running illicit online pharmacies violates pre-trial release
Brian McWilliams writes in the Spam Kings blog:
Christopher Smith ("Rizler") is back in federal custody after violating the terms of his pre-trial release.
Smith had been under house arrest since late August, while awaiting trial over charges in connection with running illegal online pharmacies. As a condition of Smith's release, U.S. District Court Judge Michael J. Davis had assigned Smith to a halfway house in Minneapolis where he was to wear an electronic monitoring device.
Court papers don't go into the specifics of how Smith violated the release, but on September 21 prosecutors asked the court to issue a warrant for Smith's arrest. The following day, Smith was picked up by the U.S. Marshals Service. Following a hearing a week later, Judge Davis revoked the house arrest and ordered Smith remanded into custody of the U.S. Marshal Service until his trial.
Smith may have a long wait ahead of him. This week, the judge set the date of Smith's trial for October 2006.
posted by Fergie @ 10/21/2005 12:46:00 PM
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