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Wanted for Murder |
for BigTrial.net
On Feb. 9th, Furqan Dhulqurnatin, 21, of Germantown, was in the vicinity of the 4800 block of Knox Street when he allegedly fired shots at Philadelphia police officers, who escaped injury.
On Feb. 11th, police arrested Dhulqurnatin and charged him with eight gun crimes, including two felony charges of carrying firearms without a license, and six misdemeanor gun charges.
Bail was set at $100,000 monetary, meaning the defendant had to post 10%, or $10,000, to get out of jail.
What happened next: a preliminary hearing was scheduled but judges granted three continuances, the last two at the request of the D.A.'s office. Why? Because the officers involved in the shooting incident hadn't been cleared yet by the D.A.'s investigators, so they weren't available to appear in court to testify against the defendant.
On April 1st, a judge granted a motion for modification of bail down to $50,000 monetary, meaning the defendant had to post $5,000 to get out of jail. But the defendant couldn't afford it, so he stayed in custody.
On April 29th, however, the D.A.'s office made a motion to withdraw all eight charges. And then, according to court records, that same day Dhulqurnatin was released.