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‘Rise of the Moors' Members Due in Court
Three members of the Rise of the Moors, a group arrested after an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway in early July, are due in court Tuesday.
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‘Rise of the Moors' Members Involved in Armed Standoff Due in Court Tuesday
Three members of the Rise of the Moors, a group arrested after an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway in early July, are due in court Tuesday. Police arrested 11 members of the Rhode Island-based group, who have said they are not subject to federal or state laws, after an armed standoff on July 3 on Interstate 95 in Wakefield….
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Men Involved in Armed Standoff Sue State Police, Judge
Several members of the group arrested after an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway earlier this month have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that state courts have no jurisdiction over the case. The suit filed by Rise of the Moors in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island last week alleges “defamation, discrimination of national origin and deprivation of their...
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Arrest Warrants Issued, New Details Emerge in ‘Rise of the Moors' Case
Officials in Rhode Island said they have issued arrest warrants for two members of the “Rise of the Moors” group who were involved in an armed standoff with police along Interstate 95 in Massachusetts earlier this month. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha and other top state safety officials announced felony charges Tuesday against 40-year-old Quinn Cumberlander. They said he…
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Bodycam Footage From Wakefield Standoff Shown in Court
Police bodycam footage from the armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95 last weekend in Massachusetts was presented in court Friday. A dangerousness hearing for six of the suspects incorporated bodycam video from a state trooper who encountered the Rise of the Moors on the highway in Wakefield Saturday. Members of the group told police they were heading from…
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More Suspects in Wakefield Standoff Appear in Court
Two more people charged in connection with a 9-hour armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, over the weekend appeared before a judge in Malden on Wednesday. “I committed no crime,” one of the unidentified men said in the courtroom. Nearly all of the 11 men who are charged say they are members of a group…
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Chaos as I-95 Standoff Suspects Appear in Court
The 10 men and one teenager — who say they are members of a group called the Rise of the Moors — allegedly refused to speak with their court-appointed lawyers, delaying their arraignments.
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Outside I-95 Standoff Court Hearing, Group's Supporters Assert It Has Rights
Supporters of the men involved in the standoff this weekend in Wakefield, Massachusetts, said outside of court Tuesday that the confrontation with state police never should have gone that far. “Everyone wears military gear,” said Rise of the Moors member Leonidas Jabir Bey. “Is it illegal to wear military gear in America?” Members of the Rise of the Moors who…
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I-95 Standoff Suspects Disrupt Court Hearings as Supporters Gather
The men in the Rise of the Moors group arrested in the July 4 weekend standoff on I-95 made several outbursts in court Tuesday, questioning the judge and even disputing their own names.
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Men Arrested in Wakefield Standoff That Shut I-95 Appear in Court
Investigators say the men in the standoff from the Rise of the Moors group were in military-style gear with rifles but no license to carry.
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Highway Standoff Suspects Due in Court
The 11 men who were arrested Saturday after an armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, are due to be arraigned in Malden District Court Tuesday.
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I-95 Standoff Suspects Maintain They Did Nothing Wrong in Initial Court Appearance
Some of the 11 people charged in connection with a 9-hour armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, over the weekend refused to cooperate with court authorities during their arraignments Tuesday. The 10 men and one teenager — who say they are members of a group called the Rise of the Moors — allegedly refused to…
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Father of ‘Rise of the Moors' Leader Speaks Out
The father of one of Wakefield suspects is speaking out after Saturday’s police standoff.
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Father of ‘Rise of the Moors' Leader Speaks Out After Police Standoff
Steven Latimer said he doesn’t get involved in his son’s beliefs. “He does talk about it,” Latimer said. “But I don’t really get into it with him as far as trying to understand it. It’s his path.” Latimer’s son is Jamal Talib Abdullah Bey, the leader of the “Rise of the Moors,” the group that was at the center...
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‘Rise of the Moors' Suspects Arrested in Armed Highway Standoff Due in Court Tuesday
The 11 males who were arrested Saturday following an hourslong armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, will make their first court appearances on Tuesday. Police said the suspects arrested Saturday — who all claimed to be part of a group called the Rise of the Moors — are from Rhode Island, New York and Michigan….
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Court Date Set for Militia Group
Eleven men will stand before a judge in Malden District Court on Tuesday.
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Who Are the ‘Rise of the Moors'? What to Know About Suspects Arrested in Wakefield Standoff
Police have identified eight of the 11 suspects who were arrested after an hours long armed standoff off Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Saturday. All of them claimed to be part of a group called the Rise of the Moors. Police safely resolved a situation with a group of heavily armed men who refused to comply with police Saturday morning,…
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What Do We Know About the Armed Group Involved in I-95 Police Standoff?
Police say they have safely resolved a situation with a group of heavily armed men who refused to comply with police Saturday morning, resulting in the shutdown of busy Interstate 95 and shelter-in-place orders for parts of Wakefield and Reading. The group of nine men were reportedly in two cars stopped in the breakdown lane on I-95 in Wakefield with…