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Judge Denies Request For Alleged White Supremacist William Bilbrough To Be Released

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- A federal judge will not release one of the suspects accused of being a member of the white supremacist group The Base.

Attorneys for 19-year-old William Garfield Bilbrough IV asked for his release because he may be exposed to the coronavirus while in jail.

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The judge ruled there is no reason to believe Bilbrough is at an increased-risk of being infected in jail.

Bilbrough and two others linked to The Base have been in custody on federal gun charges and since January.

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