US EditionMaryland Man Charged with Stealing Classified Documents Receives Pre-Trial Detention
Aurelio Perez-Lugones faces detention after defense consented to delay pretrial release hearing amid sealed FBI searches and allegations of stolen classified documents.
- On Friday, Aurelio Perez-Lugones, 61-year-old Maryland security contractor, was charged with stealing classified documents and appeared Thursday in federal district court downtown, where defense attorneys consented to continued detention as they were unprepared.
- At the initial appearance the government asked for detention and set a hearing for Monday; a judge ordered Perez-Lugones released on Monday over the government's objection, the government appealed, and a temporary detention order was entered pending the detention hearing.
- On WEDNESDAY, FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter's home, and the judge reviewed sealed warrants for the defendant's residence, computer and cell phone, with details undisclosed.
- After a bench conference the defense said it was `not prepared to move forward with today's hearing` and consented to continued detention as family members watched federal officials argue danger and flight risk.
- Amid public attention and legal debate, attorney Steve Silverman, not involved with the case, said `No matter who it goes to, it's reasonable to expect that the FBI is going to search the recipient's home and their electronic devices.
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Maryland man charged with stealing documents receives pre-trial detention
A day after President Donald Trump called him “a very bad leaker who is in jail right now,” a Maryland government contractor appeared in court. Aurelio Perez-Lugones, 61, went to court to argue for his pre-trial release on Thursday. Instead, his attorneys told the judge they weren’t prepared to move forward with the hearing and were consenting to his continued detention. Federal prosecutors did not object. Perez-Lugones was charged on Friday wit…
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