Joie Edson said her son had battled bipolar disorder for many years and that his mental state had recently deteriorated. His lawyer, public defender Shannon Lopez, said he was diagnosed with mental illness at 19 and that a doctor said Edson showed signs of being off his medication recently.
Date: Apr 16, 2014
Category: World
Source: Google
Bail set at $100000 for man accused of Boston bomb hoax
Defense attorney Shannon Lopez argued for a bail of $5,000, telling the judge that Edson needed "some assistance to stabilize himself mentally" but arguing that he wasn't a danger to the public, has never been convicted of a crime and never made a bomb threat.
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