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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The "60 Minutes" Season Opener Should Close the Duke Case
http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_21235786.shtml
I do not see a link on Drudge. Did it get pulled?
Maybe he's teasing something coming up on H&C. If it were the DBM, they would have put it out for the 6 pm news...
The way it's written makes me kind of nervous but maybe someone wrote it fast. Have no idea what it could be.
Mmmm curious. Gonna go scout the other boards.
Thanks for the ping
It's got me wondering too since it isn't Sunday night. ;)
One thought=
could it possibly be about the years old incorrect withdrawal at the ATM?
Maybe Drudge finally investigated all the tips we have been supplying him with for the past several months. :-(
Missed this earlier today.
http://www.wcnc.com/localsports/stories/wcnc-082406-jmn-danowski.2e2c86a0.html
Danowski ready for challenge of leading Duke past rape scandal
Whatever happend to Presler?
He got another coaching job a month or so ago. Can't recall where it was - we posted it here, I think...
Thanks,I found it but it only appeared when I clicked the refresh for the latest headlines. Must be some kind of cookie planter, or way of increasing number of hits?
Thanks abb!
Thanks for the heads up. :)
New chatter from Ruth...
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/ruth/index.php?title=seeking_response_from_alleged_duke_lacro&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments
I wish I knew why I was giving the "heads up" because there hasn't been any news anywhere, just the tease from Drudge. But you're welcome anyway! ;-)
Sounds like Michaels is delving into the realm of the occult?
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