IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )

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v ) CR. NO. 2:06CR206-MHT

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ALETHIA ADRIANNE SCOTT )

ORDER

In accordance with the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f), a detention hearing was

held on August 22, 2006. For the following facts and reasons, the court concludes that the

defendant should be detained pending trial in this case.

As explained below there is a serious risk the defendant will not appear.

I find that the credible testimony and information including the Pretrial Services

Report submitted at the hearing establishes that the defendant was convicted in the United

States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in 2001 of fraud in connection with

identification documents and wire fraud. After a short period of confinement she was placed

on three years of supervised release which commenced in 2002. The period of supervision

was extended in 2004 by two years after the defendant was charged in state court with 15

counts of writing bad checks – all charges to which she pled guilty. In May 2006 the

defendant was charged with felony assault in Butler County, Alabama, a charge which

remains pending. The fraud offense for which the defendant is charged in this court was

committed during the period of supervision. In short, Scott has demonstrated that she is not

amenable to supervision and will continue to commit crimes while under supervision.

In addition, there are other facts which further persuade the court that the defendant

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should be detained: The defendant has no steady employment. She has failed to appear

numerous occasions to answer traffic charges. She has a history of psychiatric problems. 

Based on the foregoing, the court concludes that there are no conditions or combination of

conditions which will reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant and that the

defendant should be detained. In reaching this conclusion, the court has carefully considered

as required by 18 U.S.C. § 3142(g) the nature and circumstances of the offense charged, the

weight of the evidence against the defendant, the history and characteristics of the defendant

as set forth in the Pretrial Services Report as well as the evidence adduced at the hearing and

the nature and seriousness of the danger to any person or the community that would be posed

by the defendant's release.

Therefore, it is ORDERED that the defendant is committed to the custody of the

Attorney General or his designated representative for confinement in a corrections facility

separate, to the extent practicable, from persons awaiting or serving sentences or being held

in custody pending appeal. The defendant shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for

private consultation with defense counsel. On order of a court of the United States or on

request of an attorney for the Government, the person in charge of the corrections facility

shall deliver the defendant to the United States marshal for the purpose of an appearance in

connection with a court proceeding.

Done this 22 day of August, 2006. nd

 /s/Charles S. Coody 

CHARLES S. COODY

CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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