News
2007-02-08
Bail denied for
accused attacker in Sandy case
Accused Sandy
attacker stays in jail
Bail was denied
on Wednesday for Anthony Fortunato, one of the t
Bail was denied
on Wednesday for Anthony Fortunato, one of the three
remaining defendants facing trial in the October death of
gay man Michael Sandy. Fortunato's family had
raised $1.3 million in the event that bail would be
granted, but Judge Jill Konviser-Levine of the New
York State supreme court in Brooklyn decided not to allow
Fortunato to go.
"We are pleased
that Judge Konviser-Levine has today ensured that
Fortunato will indeed be present to face the consequences of
his and his accomplices' vile plan, and we can now
turn our attention to our primary
interest—seeing justice for Michael, justice for his
family, justice for his friends, and justice for this
community," Clarence Patton, executive director for
New York's Anti-Violence Project, said in a statement.
Fortunato and the
other defendants are accused of luring Sandy
to a remote location in the Sheepshead Bay section
of Brooklyn and, once there, attacking and
attempting to rob him. As Sandy attempted to escape
the attack, he ran onto the Belt Parkway, where he was
struck by a vehicle. The driver fled the scene and has
yet to come forward.
On October 14,
one day after his 29th birthday, Sandy was removed from
life support and died with family and friends at his
bedside. (The Advocate)
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