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Man pleads not guilty to supplying weapons used in San Bernardino attack
Source: The Guardian
Man pleads not guilty to supplying weapons used in San Bernardino attack
Enrique Marquez faces up to 50 years in federal prison if convicted on charges
that also include conspiring with one of the attackers to commit other attacks
Soo Youn in Riverside, California
Wednesday 6 January 2016 18.32 GMT
The man accused of illegally supplying the weapons used in the December mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, pleaded not guilty to five federal charges on Wednesday, including conspiring with one of the shooters to commit separate and unrealized terror attacks.
Enrique Marquez, 24, who appeared in US district court in Riverside, California, faces up to 50 years in federal prison if convicted on all of the charges.
Prosecutors say Marquez was the “straw purchaser” of two of the guns used in the attack on the Inland Regional Center, on 2 December, by his childhood friend Syed Rizwan Farook and Farook’s wife, Tashfeen Malik. Fourteen people were killed and another 20 wounded before the shooters were killed by police later that day.
The trial start was set for 23 February, with another hearing scheduled for 8 February. The prosecutor, US attorney Jay Robinson, estimates that the government’s case will take 12 to 14 days.
The doughy 24-year-old appeared in a white, collared jumpsuit with hands cuffed and chained in front of him, speaking politely when addressing the judge, Sheri Pym. It was the first time he has spoken publicly to address the charges since his name surfaced in relation to the attacks. Marquez’s wife, Mariya Chernykh, who is a relative of Farook’s, did not appear in court on Wednesday.
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Enrique Marquez faces up to 50 years in federal prison if convicted on charges
that also include conspiring with one of the attackers to commit other attacks
Soo Youn in Riverside, California
Wednesday 6 January 2016 18.32 GMT
The man accused of illegally supplying the weapons used in the December mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, pleaded not guilty to five federal charges on Wednesday, including conspiring with one of the shooters to commit separate and unrealized terror attacks.
Enrique Marquez, 24, who appeared in US district court in Riverside, California, faces up to 50 years in federal prison if convicted on all of the charges.
Prosecutors say Marquez was the “straw purchaser” of two of the guns used in the attack on the Inland Regional Center, on 2 December, by his childhood friend Syed Rizwan Farook and Farook’s wife, Tashfeen Malik. Fourteen people were killed and another 20 wounded before the shooters were killed by police later that day.
The trial start was set for 23 February, with another hearing scheduled for 8 February. The prosecutor, US attorney Jay Robinson, estimates that the government’s case will take 12 to 14 days.
The doughy 24-year-old appeared in a white, collared jumpsuit with hands cuffed and chained in front of him, speaking politely when addressing the judge, Sheri Pym. It was the first time he has spoken publicly to address the charges since his name surfaced in relation to the attacks. Marquez’s wife, Mariya Chernykh, who is a relative of Farook’s, did not appear in court on Wednesday.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/06/san-bernardino-shooting-enrique-marquez-weapons
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