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Accused bomber Rahimi pleads not guilty to New Jersey charges
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Tue Dec 20, 2016 | 11:37am EST
Accused bomber Rahimi pleads not guilty to New Jersey charges
By Daniel Trotta | ELIZABETH, N.J.
An Afghan-born U.S. citizen accused of planting bombs in New York and New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to New Jersey state charges, including attempted murder of police officers wounded in a shootout upon his arrest.
Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 28, appeared in the Union County Courthouse handcuffed in front with a protective vest, white skullcap and beard. His court-appointed lawyer pleaded not guilty to all charges on his behalf.
Rahimi also faces a host of federal charges in New York and New Jersey and a life sentence if convicted of setting off bombs in coastal New Jersey and in New York City in September and leaving behind others that failed to detonate. He pleaded not guilty to federal charges in New York in November.
Some 30 people were injured by the explosion of a homemade device place under a trash bin on a street in New York's Chelsea neighborhood.
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Accused bomber Rahimi pleads not guilty to New Jersey charges
By Daniel Trotta | ELIZABETH, N.J.
An Afghan-born U.S. citizen accused of planting bombs in New York and New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to New Jersey state charges, including attempted murder of police officers wounded in a shootout upon his arrest.
Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 28, appeared in the Union County Courthouse handcuffed in front with a protective vest, white skullcap and beard. His court-appointed lawyer pleaded not guilty to all charges on his behalf.
Rahimi also faces a host of federal charges in New York and New Jersey and a life sentence if convicted of setting off bombs in coastal New Jersey and in New York City in September and leaving behind others that failed to detonate. He pleaded not guilty to federal charges in New York in November.
Some 30 people were injured by the explosion of a homemade device place under a trash bin on a street in New York's Chelsea neighborhood.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-attacks-new-jersey-idUSKBN14921C
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Source: Associated Press
Suspect in New York bombing pleads not guilty to attempted murder charges
Associated Press in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Tuesday 20 December 2016 17.10 GMT
The man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York, injuring more than 30 people, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges.
Ahmad Khan Rahami made his first in-person court appearance Tuesday to face charges he tried to kill police officers before they captured him 19 September outside a bar in Linden, New Jersey.
An attorney previously entered not-guilty pleas when the Afghan-born US citizen was hospitalized with gunshot wounds from the shootout.
He’s also accused of detonating a pipe bomb along the route of a US Marine Corps charity race in New Jersey’s Seaside park and a pressure cooker bomb in New York City on 17 September. No one was injured in the New Jersey blast; 31 people were hurt in the New York bombing.
Associated Press in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Tuesday 20 December 2016 17.10 GMT
The man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York, injuring more than 30 people, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges.
Ahmad Khan Rahami made his first in-person court appearance Tuesday to face charges he tried to kill police officers before they captured him 19 September outside a bar in Linden, New Jersey.
An attorney previously entered not-guilty pleas when the Afghan-born US citizen was hospitalized with gunshot wounds from the shootout.
He’s also accused of detonating a pipe bomb along the route of a US Marine Corps charity race in New Jersey’s Seaside park and a pressure cooker bomb in New York City on 17 September. No one was injured in the New Jersey blast; 31 people were hurt in the New York bombing.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/20/ahmad-khan-rahami-attempted-murder-plea