specifics. so we re watching this unfold. we re standing by for that. you know, earlier today, jeff, i heard you on new day. you covered very extensively the o.j. simpson trial. he was acquitted of murder just like zimmerman. here he comes. he s walking in right now. stand by for a moment. let s see if this is about to begin. there s george zimmerman appearing at the podium in handcuffs i believe. mr. dowdy, should i begin? you can begin, your honor. we re all set. thank you, judge. all right. good afternoon, mr. zimmerman. i am judge schott. today we re having first appearance everybody arrested in the state of florida is entitled to see a judge the day following their arrest. the initial purpose of this hearing is to determine whether there is probably cause for the arrest itself. that means whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that a crime may have been committed and that you may have been the person who committed the crime. there are certain things that we
but semiautomatic ar-15 from the home. it s not a home where he owned. it s a home he was staying with his girlfriend. apparently he and his girlfriend got into a fight. she dialed 911. that 911 call she talks about george zimmerman doing among other things breaking her glass plate table. he then called 911. this is sort of unusual because he dialed 911 after she was outside of the house and was with officers. so the 911 operator was like if the deputies are there, why are you calling me? he said he wanted to tell his side of the story. he s been arrested. he s being held here. he has a public defender jeff dowdy who is going to be representing him in court today. you may remember it was a rather expensive trial he had, even though there were donations coming in in the trayvon martin case, according to his public
the recent past. due to those factors and the defendant indicating at the time he was threatening to commit suicide, he nothing to lose, we feel the victim s saflt and community s safety is of paramount concern, the state is requesting $50,000 to ensure his return to court. okay. i m not going to go anywhere near that. mr. dowdy, would you like to make an argument on behalf of your client. on behalf of our office, he will address the issue. on behalf of mr. zimmerman, regarding the issue of bond, our client doesn t have an opposition to some of the other conditions mentioned, no return to the address, no weapons, and not having any contact with this particular person. judge, pursuant to the bond schedule, mr. zimmerman should be set at bond at $4900. he s a longtime central florida resident. does not have any failure to appears, criminal convictions,
we believe inside the shotgun he owns as well as an ar-15, which is a semiautomatic rifle as well. they are suggesting there may be more weapons inside the house. so that could be interesting to see when they do go to the home and retrieve items if there are indeed even more weapons inside that house. we re going to hear from jeff dowdy, the public defender, when he comes out, we ll hear a little bit more. before he went, he did tell us his client is in debt to the tune of $2.5 million and that s why he s asking the state of florida to represent him now. kerry, we were informed in that hearing george zimmerman must wear an electronic monitoring device until his next court date which is january 7th, 2014, something that i presume in a domestic violence case like this is probably standard procedure in florida? it s not uncommon. interestingly, of course, george zimmerman has had ankle monitors before sorry have to interrupt. we re going to george
than what you do. so as far as what the evidence the state has against them, that s yet to be determined. does he possess an ar-15 and a shotgun? the police report indicates firearms were recovered. we don t have any further knowledge. why can t he go to the elementary school the state attorney asked for a specific address to be included in the exclusionary zone. exclues their zone, meaning he can t go to a certain place or within 1500 feet of a certain place. as far as why the state attorney asked for that, i don t know. i can answer that. the alleged victim has a child. something to do with his girlfriend s daughter? yes, that s what i just told him. oh, i m sorry. okay. are you collecting donations? no, absolutely not. no. my name is jeff dowdy. i m the chief of the seminole county public defenders office. i m daniel magaro.