San Bernardino attack: Enrique Marquez to remain in custody, judge rules

*The friend of the San Bernardino shooters, accused of purchasing some of the weapons used in the December 2 massacre, has been deemed by a judge to pose a continuous threat to the community. VL

By Joel Rubin, The Los Angeles Times

Enrique Marquez Jr., the man accused of purchasing weapons used by the couple who carried out this month’s deadly San Bernardino attack, will remain in custody as his criminal case proceeds, a U.S. magistrate judge ruled Monday.

U.S. District Magistrate Judge David Bristow found that Marquez continues to pose a public risk and therefore could not be freed as he awaits trial.

Bristow pointed to the most serious of the three charges facing Marquez: That he plotted with one of the shooters, Syed Rizwan Farook, to perform other attacks in 2011 and 2012 that the pair did not carry out.

“The grave harm that is presented to the community by that conduct was demonstrated on Dec. 2,” Bristow said, referencing the rampage by Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, that left 14 people dead and 22 wounded. “The gravity of such conduct … is such that at this point of time the defendant has not rebutted the argument that he is a danger to the community and he continues to pose that danger.”

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