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Judge: Chief 'serious danger to witnesses,' will be held until trial

By KATHY MATHESON (Associated Press Writer)
Published: December 17, 2009

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WILKES-BARRE - The Shenandoah police chief charged with trying to cover up the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant by white teenagers has been ordered detained until trial.

At a bail hearing Wednesday in Wilkes-Barre, Judge Malachy Mannion called Shenandoah police Chief Matthew Nestor "clearly, unequivocally a serious danger to witnesses in this case." Federal prosecutor Eric Gibson alleges that Nestor drove a cooperating witness in a separate case to an isolated area and ordered him to strip down before returning him home, unharmed.

Nestor's lawyer argues that he has custody of an 11-year-old son and that past accusations do not indicate future behavior.

Two other officers also charged with trying to cover up the fatal beating of Luis Ramirez in 2008 have been released to home confinement.

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