02-17-2017, 08:46 PM
On January 4, Deal was charged on four handgun counts, after allegedly throwing down his gun in an alley while being chased by police.
This was the first arrest as an adult for Deal, who had turned 18 in November, and he was forbidden from owning a firearm after a juvenile gun charge.
He posted $100,000 bail and was released, but on January 30 he was arrested again after allegedly being seen dealing drugs, and throwing a bag of heroin under a car.
Last week he was arrested on nine gun and drug charges after being caught running from a location in which drugs were being sold.
And in the wake of the teen's death, questions were raised about why Deal - who had been arrested three times on gun or drug charges in the previous month - was out on the street.
'It shows dysfunction, I believe, in our criminal justice system,' said Mayor Catherine Pugh. 'People who have those many gun charges probably should not be on our streets.'
A senseless death easily prevented by the bench.
My favorite: ". . . probably should not be on our streets."
Mayor of the Year material.
This was the first arrest as an adult for Deal, who had turned 18 in November, and he was forbidden from owning a firearm after a juvenile gun charge.
He posted $100,000 bail and was released, but on January 30 he was arrested again after allegedly being seen dealing drugs, and throwing a bag of heroin under a car.
Last week he was arrested on nine gun and drug charges after being caught running from a location in which drugs were being sold.
And in the wake of the teen's death, questions were raised about why Deal - who had been arrested three times on gun or drug charges in the previous month - was out on the street.
'It shows dysfunction, I believe, in our criminal justice system,' said Mayor Catherine Pugh. 'People who have those many gun charges probably should not be on our streets.'
A senseless death easily prevented by the bench.
My favorite: ". . . probably should not be on our streets."
Mayor of the Year material.