A Bellevue gun dealer once questioned about the slaying of federal prosecutor Thomas Wales will remain in custody on a weapons charge until he can move more than 100 guns — most of them machine guns — that are stored in his home.
U.S. Magistrate Monica Benton said Wednesday that she was concerned about the safety of federal probation officers who would have to monitor Albert Kwok-Leung Kwan if he was released from jail.
Why? Where's the evidence that he is violent, or the crime to warrant incarcerating him for such cause?
So why is he being treated like one?
Kwan, a gun collector and former firearms dealer, legally owns those weapons, according to his attorneys...Kwan, who also was arrested last week, is charged with a single count of possession of a machine gun.
Also in 2005, Kwan was held for 23 days as a material witness in the Wales case...Kwan, who was called before the grand jury five times, is not a suspect in the killing.