Leaf Bandit Update

[SoxFan]

This guy is the reason I no longer handle criminal defense cases...

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Bail+set+at+%2410%2c000+for+leafy+suspect&articleId=8dc0b4ca-b568-409a-a893-fc4a7f8e0648

The man accused of wearing tree branches as a disguise when he robbed a Citizens Bank branch Saturday wore a simple orange jail-issue outfit for his arraignment on a robbery charge in Manchester District Court yesterday.

James Coldwell, 49, of 50 Lowell St., could enter no plea to the felony in District Court, so a probable cause hearing was set for July 19. Bail was set at $10,000 cash/corporate surety, with bail conditions including no use of alcohol.

Coldwell, who is accused of entering the Citizens Bank branch at 1550 Elm St. with leafy branches duct-taped to his upper body Saturday morning, handing a teller a plastic bag and ordering her to "fill it up," said nothing in court yesterday morning.

His attorney, Michael Craig, who waived the reading of the complaint charging Coldwell with robbery, later responded to reporters' questions with a "no comment."