LACK OF AN OPEN COURT ROOM LED TO THE RELEASE OF SANTA CRUZMAN CHARGED WITH CHILD MOLESTATION. 88 YEAR OLD ERIC FRANK GREENE WAS ARRESTED ON JANUARY 22ND AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND THURSDAY MORNING JUDGE PAUL BURDICK RELEASED GREENE, WHO HAD NOT WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO JUDGES AVAILABLE FOR THE PRELIMINARY HEARING. JUDGE BURDICK NOTING THE DEFENDANT’S AGE, AND TOTAL LACK OF A CRIMINAL HISTORY, STRUCK A DEAL WITH GREENE FOR A TYPE OF HOUSE ARREST IF HE WOULD WAIVE TIME. GREENE IS SET TO BE BACK IN COURT MARCH 3RD.
