CP Photo: Jared Wickerham
MAN-E poses for a portrait on the South Side on Sat., Jan. 9, 2021.
MAN-E was 16 years old when he was first arrested. While he wasn’t found guilty of that charge, he and his family still suffered consequences. MAN-E, who uses a pseudonym but provided
Pittsburgh City Paper his legal name, says the bail set from that charge was $25,000. He says he was fortunate enough that his family could raise enough money to secure the funds through a bail bondsman, but his family still had to forfeit a percentage — thousands of dollars, in this case — to the bondsman.