SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 22 – A actor with a speaking role in the Bad Boys 2 movie with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence was arrested for selling crack and was presented in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrates Court past 5 pm on November 22 with Inner City Press the only media in the courtroom. This is an exclusive report.
The defendant is Dennis McDonald; his father who is a maintenance supervisors at a Key Foods supermarket in Manhattan was in the Magistrates Court gallery along with Inner City Press. The father's offer to sign a $100,000 bond did not result in his actor-son's release.
Instead, Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn ordered McDonald detained, while advising his lawyer to try to find a 90-day drug treatment program outside of New York City then to re-apply for bail.
The charge is of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 280 grams and more of cocaine base a/k/a crack.
Inner City Press asked the office next to the courtroom for the docket number but was told they had no paperwork. Further Inner City Press investigation has discovered more about the case. Watch this site.
