The Providence Journal
MEDFORD Members of an armed group arrested on Route 95 during their attempted transit from Rhode Island to Maine early Saturday appeared for arraignment in a Massachusetts court Tuesday, drawing media from all over and presenting a raft of complications to a District Court judge trying to get through her calendar.
Some of the first defendants to appear, including two men from Rhode Island, refused to answer some of Malden District Court Judge Emily A. Karstetter s questions as the in-person proceedings in her chambers were crashed and disrupted by people linked to the proceedings via Zoom.
Some defendants asserted their right to legal names that are different from the names provided by prosecutors. Some told Karstetter they wanted to either represent themselves or be represented by their own legal counsel of people not recognized by the court. But they insisted they were not waiving any of their rights.
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MEDFORD, Mass. Members of an armed group arrested on Route 95 during their attempted transit from Rhode Island to Maine early Saturday appeared for arraignment in a Massachusetts court Tuesday, drawing media from all over and presenting a raft of complications to a district court judge trying to get through her calendar.
Some of the first defendants to appear refused to answer some of Malden District Court Judge Emily A. Karstetter s questions as the in-person proceedings in her chambers were crashed and disrupted by people linked to the proceedings via Zoom.
Some defendants asserted their right to legal names that are different from the names provided by prosecutors. Some told Karstetter they wanted to either represent themselves or be represented by their own legal counsel of people not recognized by the court. But they insisted they were not waiving any of their rights.