Lower bail denied library pot sale suspect
Friday, November 21, 2014
press release
WOODBURY NJ (November 21, 2014)--Arrested while on bail and awaiting sentencing on trespass and theft charges, Marquise D. Ogawa (DOB 9/3/93), of Glassboro, today (11/21) was denied any reduction in his $25,000 bail on new charges of attempting to sell marijuana in the Glassboro Public Library on 11/13/14.
“I do believe significant bail is appropriate,” Superior Court Judge Kevin T. Smith said in denying Ogawa’s bail petition.
In opposing the bail reduction request, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Dana Anton pointed out that Ogawa’s arrest while on bail demonstrated his propensity for continued criminal activity. “I’d say he should be at the top end of the range” in bail for the offenses he now faces, Anton said.
Ogawa is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Smith 12/5 after pleading guilty to criminal trespass in Glassboro by breaking into an Academy Street building in Glassboro and “remaining there for shelter” and theft on 5/28/14 by possessing a 50-inch television in Glassboro that belonged to someone else.
In the most recent case, Ogawa was arrested in a bathroom of the Glassboro Public Library after complaints of drug activity in the building. He is charged with possessing more than an ounce of marijuana with intent to distribute.