Shooting suspect released without bail
NORWICH – A Norwich man who allegedly confessed to shooting two others with buckshot during an alcohol and drug influenced dispute was released without bail in Chenango County Supreme Court Monday.
Lee M. Bush, 49, appeared before Justice Kevin M. Dowd with his attorney Aaron A. Dean to request that he be released on his own recognizance.
Dowd granted the request at the objection of the Assistant District Attorney Stephen M. Dunshee. Bush had previously been held on $10,000 cash bail.
“Mr. Bush will concede, and I will too, that he has had numerous court appearances over the years and he has regularly appeared when asked by the court,” said Dean.
Dunshee said Bush had been arrested 27 times and convicted of 17 misdemeanors. “Yes, you honor, and in those 17 cases, Mr. Bush only ever missed two scheduled appearances,” said Dean.
Dean also said that the victims in the case were “two miscreants” who beat the defendant’s girlfriend. Dunshee said the police investigation did not substantiate those accusations.
“This was a drinking-drug party, your honor, and the alleged dispute arose over a discussion over paying owed money for drugs,” said Dunshee. Dunshee also said that Bush’s 17 convictions were reason to hold him on bail, not release him without it.
Dean also told the court that Bush, who is a life-long resident of Chenango County, survives solely on disability because of a knee injury and that the $10,000 bail was impossible to pay.
Bush was released and is scheduled to appear before the Chenango County grand jury later this month.
Bush had been held over allegations involving a 10 p.m., Sept. 5 incident that allegedly involved him firing a shotgun at two men in the driveway of his apartment house on Court Street.
Police investigated the incident after receiving complaints of a gunshot and were initially misled by individuals at the scene. However, the victims were later treated at Chenango Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening pellet wounds to the back of the legs and torsos, triggering the arrest of some of the individuals who obstructed the police investigation, and Bush.
Bush is charged with two counts of second degree assault, first degree reckless endangerment and third degree criminal possession of a weapon. Since he has a prior misdemeanor conviction, possessing a firearm is a felony. He is also charged with unlawful possession of fireworks and marijuana, both violations.
Police said in court that Bush gave a signed statement admitting he shot the two individuals.
Lee M. Bush, 49, appeared before Justice Kevin M. Dowd with his attorney Aaron A. Dean to request that he be released on his own recognizance.
Dowd granted the request at the objection of the Assistant District Attorney Stephen M. Dunshee. Bush had previously been held on $10,000 cash bail.
“Mr. Bush will concede, and I will too, that he has had numerous court appearances over the years and he has regularly appeared when asked by the court,” said Dean.
Dunshee said Bush had been arrested 27 times and convicted of 17 misdemeanors. “Yes, you honor, and in those 17 cases, Mr. Bush only ever missed two scheduled appearances,” said Dean.
Dean also said that the victims in the case were “two miscreants” who beat the defendant’s girlfriend. Dunshee said the police investigation did not substantiate those accusations.
“This was a drinking-drug party, your honor, and the alleged dispute arose over a discussion over paying owed money for drugs,” said Dunshee. Dunshee also said that Bush’s 17 convictions were reason to hold him on bail, not release him without it.
Dean also told the court that Bush, who is a life-long resident of Chenango County, survives solely on disability because of a knee injury and that the $10,000 bail was impossible to pay.
Bush was released and is scheduled to appear before the Chenango County grand jury later this month.
Bush had been held over allegations involving a 10 p.m., Sept. 5 incident that allegedly involved him firing a shotgun at two men in the driveway of his apartment house on Court Street.
Police investigated the incident after receiving complaints of a gunshot and were initially misled by individuals at the scene. However, the victims were later treated at Chenango Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening pellet wounds to the back of the legs and torsos, triggering the arrest of some of the individuals who obstructed the police investigation, and Bush.
Bush is charged with two counts of second degree assault, first degree reckless endangerment and third degree criminal possession of a weapon. Since he has a prior misdemeanor conviction, possessing a firearm is a felony. He is also charged with unlawful possession of fireworks and marijuana, both violations.
Police said in court that Bush gave a signed statement admitting he shot the two individuals.
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