U.S. v. BOLDEN, MJG-15-0302 (2015)
Court: District Court, D. Maryland
Number: infdco20151207d70
Visitors: 13
Filed: Dec. 04, 2015
Latest Update: Dec. 04, 2015
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER MARVIN J. GARBIS , District Judge . The Court has before it the Government's Motion for Joinder of Offenses for Trial [ECF No. 187 in MJG-15-0303] and the materials submitted relating thereto. The Court finds that a hearing is unnecessary. The offenses charged in the above-captioned cases are closely related — arising out of the Defendant's allegedly defrauding his employer in regard to his employment by (1) participating in a bribery scheme to enable truckers to evade
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER MARVIN J. GARBIS , District Judge . The Court has before it the Government's Motion for Joinder of Offenses for Trial [ECF No. 187 in MJG-15-0303] and the materials submitted relating thereto. The Court finds that a hearing is unnecessary. The offenses charged in the above-captioned cases are closely related — arising out of the Defendant's allegedly defrauding his employer in regard to his employment by (1) participating in a bribery scheme to enable truckers to evade ..
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MARVIN J. GARBIS, District Judge.
The Court has before it the Government's Motion for Joinder of Offenses for Trial [ECF No. 187 in MJG-15-0303] and the materials submitted relating thereto. The Court finds that a hearing is unnecessary.
The offenses charged in the above-captioned cases are closely related — arising out of the Defendant's allegedly defrauding his employer in regard to his employment by (1) participating in a bribery scheme to enable truckers to evade payment of "tipping fees" and (2) stealing and reselling metals that were to have been sold for the benefit of his employer. The charges could have been joined in one indictment but were not due to the presence of co-defendants in MJG-15-0302 who were not co-defendants in MJG-15-0303. Having separate trials would require considerable duplication of evidence presentation, particularly in regard to issues — common to both charges — regarding the status of Defendant Bolden and/or others as an agent of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works and whether, in a one-year period, the Baltimore City Department of Public Works received federal benefits in excess of $10,000.
For the foregoing reasons:
1. The Government's Motion for Joinder of Offenses for Trial [ECF No. 187 in MJG-15-0303] is GRANTED.
2. There shall be a joint trial of the charges in the above-captioned cases as currently scheduled, commencing February 16, 2016.
SO ORDERED.
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