Mendoza was allowed to remain behind the door of the court's detention area as his attorney, Rosemary Scapicchio, spoke on his behalf in Boston Municipal Court at a 2 p.m. hearing, mere hours after his arrest was announced, before Judge James W. Coffey.
Patrick Mendoza, the restaurant owner accused of shooting at a man in front of a popular North End bakery last week and then pedaling away on a bicycle, was arrested at a rehab center in Falmouth and then brought to Boston.
The Boston Licensing Board plans to hold a hearing Thursday to determine whether a North End restaurant owner charged with attempted murder should be stripped of his liquor license.