US magistrate frees 2 Pagan's defendants

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Two indicted members of the Pagan's Motorcycle Club have been freed after months in jail.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Stanley ordered the release of 43-year-old St. Albans resident Eric Wolfe and 48-year-old New Jersey resident Rocco Boyd on $10,000 unsecured bond Friday. Wolfe and Boyd have been held since October, when authorities rounded up more than 50 Pagan's members and associates charged in a federal racketeering indictment. Trial currently is set for May.
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Stanley ruled last fall that there were no conditions of release that would protect the public and make sure Boyd and Wolfe wouldn't flee. She reversed that ruling Friday.

Charges against Wolfe and Boyd include obstruction of justice and assault stemming from the alleged beating of a suspected informant at a New Jersey motel in 2009.

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