Posted on 08/15/2006 2:41:50 PM PDT by abb
DURHAM, N.C. -- A cab driver who has supported an alibi offered by one of the three Duke lacrosse players charged with rape had his own court appearance Tuesday for a larceny charge.
Moezeldin Elmostafa, 37, appeared briefly before a Durham County District Court judge who set a trial date of Aug. 29. Prosecutors also changed the charge against Elmostafa to aiding and abetting misdemeanor larcency.
Elmostafa was arrested in May after he surfaced as a potential alibi witness for Reade Seligmann, one of three players charged with raping a woman at an off-campus party the night of March 13.
The 2003 warrant accused Elmostafa of stealing five purses worth about $250 from a Durham department store. Elmostafa denies the charge, and has said he helped store security locate a woman after he picked her up from the store and drove her home. The woman later pleaded guilty to larceny.
Durham prosecutors said in May the warrant for Elmostafa's arrest was discovered in a routine background check of witnesses in the Duke lacrosse case.
Mostafa has said Seligmann, of Essex Fells, N.J., called for a ride at 12:14 a.m. on March 14, and was picked up five minutes later. The defense has argued those times help establish that Seligmann left the party without having enough time to participate in the 30-minute assault described by the accuser. Seligmann's attorney has also presented cell phone, ATM and dorm keycard records to help establish that timeline.
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After that last statement, I will definitely be required to stay out of Durham for a while, eh?
The warrant system is probably automated and the parameters for expiration are likely set to match the statutory limitation in order to avoid false or unlwaful arrests.
I've stated on here several times that there is reason to be suspicious about that origins of that warrant and I hope that Elmostafa's attorney is examining this for due diligence (of service) and to see if there has been any deviation in normal procedure to get that warrant in the active mode needed in order to serve it.
I think she looks like a dyke.
A lot. Even more in big cities.
LOL! Just don't tell the Durhamites who know how to read that you're Tommy Dale of FR fame!
Especially in big cities.
No problem, I can fool all three of those people! ;-)
I think she looks just like Mike Nifong!
Still only three? I thought it was up to five now. :>
Ouch!
Come to think of it, she does sort of resemble him.
LOL! Yeah, the hair is hereditary.
Okay, gotta run. See y'all later! :>
The "60 Minutes" season opener should close the Duke case
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gaynor/060816
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4921245,00.html
OT, but they've arrested someone in the JonBenet Ramsey case.
Thanks abb- It will be interesting. CBS try to redeem itself?
I posted the link and an excerpt at CTV.
Thanks.
We'll have to see. Personally, I wouldn't trust CBS's reporting if they said tomorrow was Thursday...
Any of the Durham locals have any firsthand knowledge of a 60 Minutes team on the ground in Durham? Seen or heard anything?
I hope it's over before then but if not I wouldn't mind seeing Mike Wallace and a camera crew chasing Nifong around.
I hope it's over by then, too. CBS should move it up a bit on the schedule.
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