The man accused of attacking New Yorkers in a subway station was ordered held by a judge during his a court appearance on April 14.
Prosecutors’ push to keep Frank James, 62, detained indefinitely went unopposed by the public defenders representing the alleged shooter, though the lawyers kept open the possibility of applying for bail at a future date.
In a letter to U.S. Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann before the hearing, prosecutors said the dozen or more arrests of James over the years were mostly for low-level crimes but “taken together they paint a picture of a person with a penchant for defying authority and who is unwilling to conform his conduct to the law.”
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