Attorneys For Man Accused Of Plotting Mass Shooting Call For Bond Hearing

Attorneys for a 25-year-old Milwaukee man are requesting a federal court hearing on the status of a motion that bond be set.  When Samy Hamzeh was arrested last year, U-S District Judge David Jones said he would decide about Hamzeh’s release the next week.  Hamzeh was accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Milwaukee Masonic center.  He was arrested in January 2016 after taking delivery of two machine guns and a silencer he bought from undercover agents.  Hamzeh’s trial is scheduled to start in February.  His attorneys say he could wind up spending more time in pre-trial detention than the expected 24-to-30 month sentence he would face, if found guilty.