United States v. Bernardino Ribota

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

In 2002, Bernardino Ribota was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, after a search of a residence revealed 25 kilograms of cocaine and two loaded firearms. Ribota was initially detained pending the posting of $50,000 secured bond, but once that bond was posted, on January 7, 2003, the magistrate judge ordered him released subject to an order requiring him to report to Pretrial Services as directed and to confine his travel within the Northern District of…