A $10 million bond has now been set for De’Lawnte Hardy -- the 24-year-old man who allegedly shot and killed Cleveland police officer Jamieson Ritter in addition to the murder of his own grandmother, Beatrice Porter.
The bond came during a brief arraignment hearing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Monday morning in which Hardy pleaded not guilty.
This hearing came after Hardy was recently indicted by a grand jury on the following charges:
-Three counts of aggravated murder
-Two counts of attempted aggravated murder
-One count of murder
-Four counts of felonious assault
-Two counts of aggravated robbery
-Two counts of receiving stolen property
-One count of having weapons while under disability
-One count of theft
-One count of resisting arrest
-One count of misdemeanor theft
At one point during Monday's hearing, Hardy asked for the opportunity to address the court, which the judge and his defense both advised against. Here's how that exchange unfolded:
Hardy: “Do I have permission to speak freely?”
Judge: “I would advise you not to speak on the indictment or any of the allegations in this case, but you may go ahead.”
Defense: “Remember when we talked on Friday how we just said we’re going to through everything and enter a not guilty plea? We don’t wish for you to talk at this time. We’ll come visit you in the jail and we can talk further, OK?”
Hardy: “But I do want to pull up evidence from my laptop and my cell phone.”
Defense: “I don’t want to talk about that right now. We can talk at a later time about that, OK? That’s not appropriate for this morning, OK?”
Hardy: “All right.”
Annabelle Childers reports: [ Ссылка ] --
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