Pair Plead Not Guilty to Aiding Fugitive
A husband and wife pleaded not guilty to federal charges that they obstructed justice by helping James Kopp avoid capture after the 1998 shooting of a New York doctor who performed abortions.
The two are accused of sending money to Kopp in Ireland and France and plotting to bring him back to the United States. They were ordered held until a detention hearing April 24. Kopp was captured in France on March 29.
Loretta Claire Marra, 37, and Dennis John Malvasi, 51, of New York City, held hands as U.S. Magistrate Hugh Scott read the charges. Among the spectators were the widow of the abortion provider, Dr. Barnett Slepian, and his former co-workers at a Buffalo health clinic.
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