Judge Bruce Schroeder... saying he “doesn’t want any problems”.. (Picture)

 

A judge denied a request to issue an arrest warrant and increase bail against Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer. The Kenosha County District Attorney's Office requested the court increase Rittenhouse’s bail by $200,000 last week after Rittenhouse, 18, violated the conditions of his bond by failing to notify the court of his changed address. The teenager’s defense attorneys argued that Rittenhouse had to be moved for his own safety after threats were made against him. Judge Bruce Schroeder ordered that Rittenhouse's home address be given to the court and kept from the public record, but denied the prosecutor's requests to also be provided the address. "After what this town has been through in the last six months, I don't want any more problems," Schroeder said. "The police don't need any more problems. We don't need to have people's safety in jeopardy in any way. So I think that the desire that the... defendant's address be kept from public scrutiny is a legitimate one." Mark Richards, an attorney for Rittenhouse, filed a response to the motion, alleging that the defense team asked that the teenager’s change of address be placed under a sealed filing, and that prosecutors refused. Thomas Binger, the assistant district attorney on the case, told the judge that it was Richard's responsibility to file a motion for a sealed filing. Rittenhouse is accused of killing Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, when he traveled to Wisconsin last year to guard a car dealership during the protests that took place after the shooting of Jacob Blake on Aug. 23 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-denies-request-increase-kyle-rittenhouse-s-bail-won-t-n1257489