(ATLANTA, Ga.) — An attorney for defendants in the trial involving alleged members of the Young Slime Life gang was arrested Thursday morning.
Update, 5:15PM, Thursday 4/20: Channel 2′s Michael Seiden reports that deputies have dropped the charges of simple battery on a law enforcement officer, after multiple witnesses confirmed Manettas was tossing his phone to a colleague, and the impact with the officer was accidental.
JUST IN: Brian Tevis, who is representing Anastasios Manettas, says #YSL defense attorney is currently being held in a holding cell on the 9th floor of the courthouse. He will eventually be transported to Rice Street, where he will be booked on multiple charges. Tevis also told…
— Michael Seiden (@SeidenWSBTV) April 20, 2023
Channel 2′s Michael Seiden was at the Fulton County courthouse when Anastasios Manettas was led out in handcuffs moments before the day’s proceedings started. Manettas represents Miles Farley, whose jail phone calls have been a piece of evidence in the trial.
Seiden spoke with Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat, who confirmed Manettas tried to bring prescription pills at a security checkpoint. The sheriff claimed that the attorney also threw a cellphone at one of his captains.
Manettas faces charges of two counts of pills not in their original container, one count of obstruction and one count of simple battery against a law enforcement officer.
Attorney Suri Chadha Jimenez disputed that account, telling the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Manettas’ phone hit the deputy by mistake. He had been trying to toss it to his colleague as he was being cuffed and detained.
Manettas’ arrest is the latest disruption after chaos erupted in the courtroom on Wednesday.
Yesterday’s proceedings were interrupted when one of the defendants, Rodalius Ryan, was led out of the courtroom and started screaming from a holding cell. The courtroom was evacuated after two other defendants stood up and started yelling.
Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat confirmed to Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Mark Winne that a sizable amount of marijuana was discovered hidden on Ryan. The sheriff said deputies had removed Ryan from court because they suspected Ryan had pot on him in court, and he screamed because he did not want to be searched.
The trial against YSL defendants has been going on for months. Officials charged 28 people, including Atlanta rapper Young Thug, in a sweeping gang indictment alleging that members of YSL “terrorized” the city of Atlanta for years committing violent crimes.
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