WEST SIDE CRIMINAL DAY - 6/19/07

Tuesday marked a very slow day at 15-1-01 for the weekly Criminal Day, as no preliminary hearings were held. Of the seven cases listed, two defendants waived their preliminary hearings, two cases were continued, and a fifth defendant with two cases that were close to being reduced to summary charges had his cases automatically waived to Common Pleas Court after failing to appear for his scheduled hearing. A sixth defendant had a bench warrant issued against him after failing to appear for his hearing...

Barry D. Cosby, 27, of Philadelphia, had two cases pending in front of Judge Bruno - in the first case, Cosby was charged with Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphanalia, and Public Drunkeness (15-1-01, CR-0000021-07). In the second case, Cosby was charged with Defiant Trespassing (15-1-01, CR-0000055-07). Both cases were filed by WCU Police. Cosby was initially scheduled for a compliance hearing last month, but, after discussions between his defense attorney and the court, was given a 30 day extension to this past Tuesday. Since he failed to appear, however, the charges were automatically waived to Common Pleas Court.

Another defendant, Jerry Jerome Hubbard, of West Chester, was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Possession of Drug Paraphanalia charges on a case filed by P/O Greg Cugino, however he failed to appear for his hearing. As such, a bench warrant was issued (15-1-01, CR-0000146-07).

Also appearing on Tuesday was one Joseph M. Malavolta, 21, of West Chester. Malavolta was arraigned on Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphanalia, and Criminal Use of a Communication Facilty. He is now free after posting 10 percent of $5,000 bail and being placed on electronic home monitoring, and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next week (15-1-01, CR-0000107-07).

And thus wrapped up a slow day at 15-1-01. Though there are several intersting cases scheduled for this morning's Criminal Day at Goshen District Court, there are also several intersting cases slated for Courtroom #3 at Common Pleas Court. As such, time permitting, there won't be a report from the Land of Goshen for this morning's session...