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Federal judge locks up alleged NullCrew member, “rootcrysis”

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Dissent

Jon Seidel reports:

A federal judge in Chicago ordered an alleged Tennessee hacker accused of targeting schools and big businesses taken into custody Wednesday while he awaits trial.

The FBI arrested Timothy French nearly a year ago in his hometown of Morristown, Tennessee, and accused him of being a key member of the hacker collective “NullCrew.” He’s been free on bond since last summer, records show.

But Wednesday, French appeared before an exasperated U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Martin to answer to alleged repeat violations of that bond including allegations of drug use, skipping drug tests and missing counseling appointments.

“It’s getting to be a real joke,” Martin said. “I don’t take you seriously anymore, Mr. French.”

The judge ordered French taken into custody based on the allegations that French used drugs and didn’t seek treatment. The judge did so after French’s attorney, Candace Jackson, said French is “entirely suicidal.” Martin said he’d try to have French placed on suicide watch at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

Read more on Chicago Sun Times.

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