A judge ordered Rittenhouse’s attorney to inform the court clerk of his new home address, which will be shared with the Kenosha County Sheriff’s office, but otherwise be kept secret, even from prosecutors.
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Wisconsin judge on Thursday denied a request to increase bail for Kyle Rittenhouse, after prosecutors accused him of failing to notify the court of his new address while he awaits trial for shooting three people, killing two of them, during protests in Kenosha last summer. Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder denied prosecutors’ requests to increase Rittenhouse’s bail and issue an arrest warrant until he can post the higher bond. However, the judge ordered Rittenhouse’s attorney to inform the court clerk of his new home address, which will be shared with the Kenosha County Sheriff’s office, but otherwise be kept secret, even from prosecutors. Kenosha County District Attorney Thomas Binger objected to being kept in the dark about Rittenhouse’s new address. “Our obligation is to help monitor the defendant’s bond conditions, and without knowing where he’s at, that becomes very difficult,” Binger said. However, Schroeder declined to share the information with prosecutors, saying it’s not that he doesn’t trust them, but he wants to prevent any further harm to the community. “That has nothing to do with you or your office. I think the sheriff would be your right arm, left arm, whichever is preferred, in discharging anything that would need to be done, and they’re not to share it with you unless you offer good reason,” he said. Prosecutors last week filed a motion seeking an arrest warrant for Rittenhouse, and to add $200,000 to his existing $2 million bail, saying he failed to tell the court when his home address changed late last year. Rittenhouse’s defense attorney has said his client is at a “safe house” now because of numerous and repeated threats. Defense attorney Mark Richards said he will provide the court with that address by the end of the day on Thursday. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three people – killing two – during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin over the summer following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police there. In the motion filed last week, prosecutors noted that an address on Anita Terrace in Antioch, Illinois was listed for Rittenhouse when he signed a document in November upon being released on $2 million bond. The November bond document ordered Rittenhouse to notify the court within 48 hours of a change in his address or phone number, the motion said. But the Kenosha County Circuit Court Clerk mailed a notice to Rittenhouse at the Anita Terrace address on Dec.
