California Shootings: Marquez appears in court


RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) – The man accused of conspiring with San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook has made his first court appearance.

Enrique Marquez appeared disheveled but calm and showed no emotion during his 10-minute appearance Thursday in federal court in Riverside. His bail hearing was continued to Monday.

Marquez wore dark-rimmed glasses and a beige T-shirt over black pants with the pockets turned out. His short hair flopped over his forehead and he had a slight stubble.

As the judge read Marquez his rights, he leaned back in his chair and swiveled it back and forth with his handcuffed hands on his belly.

He gave one-word answers to technical questions before being ordered into U.S. marshals’ custody.

The 24-year-old Marquez was charged Thursday with three counts including conspiring to support terrorists and illegally purchasing two assault rifles that Farook and his wife used to kill 14 people Dec. 2. The shooters later died in a gunbattle with police.

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