48 year-old nurse Bernadette Samuels, who had been hospitalized, pending an arraignment for firearm and drug offences, was finally taken to court today after being hospitalized for her high blood pressure.
She was supposed to have been arraigned 2 weeks ago, and police department was getting frustrated hinting that she was using her influence at the hospital to get her physician to give her more bed rest until her attorney could arrange for bail so that she could avoid jail time in the first instance.
Whether that was really the case or not, the arraignment took place before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer today, where she was read charges of unlicensed ammunition and cannabis possession.
Samuels was one of 6 persons charged with the ammunition and cannabis offences on April 13 when police searched a house at 19 Far West Street and reported that they found 2 rounds of 9 millimeter caliber ammunition inside a compartment of a standing fan and 1.2 grams of cannabis on the kitchen floor. The others were arraigned on April 13 and they were remanded into custody until May 29.
Samuels, however, escaped remand because her attorney got her bail last week Friday from the Supreme Court. After her arraignment, she was taken back to the KHMH for continued medical treatment, which is where she is tonight.
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