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Prosecutors highlighted “about $10,000 — $8,000 in U.S. dollars and then $2,000 in foreign currency that was found on his person,” CNN correspondent Danny Freeman said following the court hearing.

“Also they said that he had a Faraday bag,” which blocks cell signals, a move that prosecutors alleged marked “an indication of criminal sophistication and reason they should hold him on bail,” Freeman continued.

After prosecutors made the claims, Mangione said he would like to “correct two things.”

“I don’t know where any of that money came from — I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication,” the suspect said in a statement that suggested police framed him.

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    12 days ago

    If the police did this, that’s not surprising, but they are really stupid.

    This case is going to be under a microscope like an inverted OJ trial, and every bit of police misconduct is ammunition for his lawyers

    Imagine the uproar if this guy gets away on a technicality… it would be a national celebration, lol.

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      11 days ago

      Imagine the uproar if this guy gets away on a technicality

      Stop it, don’t get my hopes up! 🤞

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      11 days ago

      Imagine the uproar if this guy gets away on a technicality… it would be a national celebration, lol.

      The serial rapist Cosby was released due to a technicality, so…