“Wisconsin prosecutors are seeking a new arrest warrant for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse,” the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
Apparently the murder suspect has disappeared. In court documents, authorities allege “his address is ‘false and the defendant no longer resides there,'” the Daily Mail said, adding that Kenosha detectives visited the address in December and found a new tenant had just moved in.
Supporters of the young vigilante posted his $2 million bail to get him out of jail. The bail would be forfeited if he doesn’t show up for court appearances, but violating bail conditions normally only results in revoking bail and taking the accused into custody.
The warrant application notes that Rittenhouse has no financial incentive to comply with his release conditions, because he and his family put up none of the money for his bail.
The application also alleges that Rittenhouse went straight from his arraignment on January 5 to a bar where he hung out with Proud Boys, drank several beers, and flashed white supremacy signs, the Daily Mail said. Read story here.
Update (2/4/21): CNN reported Wednesday night that Rittenhouse’s attorneys notified prosecutors he and his family had moved to a “safe house” in November because of threats, but the prosecutor’s office declined their request to keep the address secret, “Unless you can provide me with a specific, tangible and imminent threat (or threats) that would justify secrecy in this case.” His legal team then filed bond paperwork two weeks ago with the old address and “failed to correct it.”
Usually a discussion between the prosecutors office and the accused clears up this kind of a matter.
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Not this time. His lawyers put a false address on the bond paperwork after failing to satisfy the prosecutor’s conditions for keeping the new address secret. Now it’s up to the judge.