Six men arrested last weekend by Massachusetts state police were ordered held without bail in court Friday. They face a number of weapons-related charges, after transporting firearms from Rhode Island into Massachusetts.
They appeared before Judge Emily Karstetter in Malden District Court.
In all, eleven were arrested during the armed standoff on July 3rd. Bail hearings for four other defendants are set for next week. An eleventh person arrested during the incident is a minor, whose case is moving through Juvenile Court.
The men claim to be part of an organization known as Rise of the Moors, with headquarters in Pawtucket Rhode Island. During arraignment hearings members told a judge they were foreign nationals, and thus not subject to the jurisdiction of the court.
Two of the men, Quinn Cumberlander and Jamhal Latimer, who is known as Jamhal Bey, are from Rhode Island; Pawtucket and Providence respectively.
The men face up to ten years in prison for the most significant charge: possession of a high capacity firearm. A probable cause hearing for the six held without bail is scheduled for early August.
