An Edgewater man charged with fatally stabbing a 16-year-old went free on $300,000 bail Saturday.
HACKENSACK -- An Edgewater man charged with fatally stabbing a 16-year-old went free on $300,000 bail Saturday.
Khari Noerdlinger will stay in Edgewater with his mother Rachel Noerdlinger, a former aide to New York City First Lady Chirlene McCray, his attorney Jeffrey Lichtman said.
Judge James J. Guida lowered bail from $500,000 to $300,000 on Thursday. Under the conditions of bail, Noerdlinger can't contact the family of the victim or possess weapons or drugs and must undergo regular drug tests and report weekly to probation.
Noerdlinger is charged with aggravated manslaughter, weapon possession and hindering apprehension in the death of Savioln Lewallan, 16, of Spring Valley, N.Y. The two got into an altercation Jan. 31 near Noerdlinger's home in Edgewater.
Lewallen worked for Noerdlinger as a drug dealer, Danielle Grootenboer, acting senior assistant Bergen County Prosecutor, has said. He travelled to Edgewater with four other Rockland County residents because Noerdlinger owed him money, she said.
The four people who traveled to Edgewater with Lewallen, Mirleny Tremols, 33, Kevensky Lubin, 18, Richard Jean-Pierre, 18, and Calim Gaspard, 23, have been charged with armed robbery.
Investigators found a 7.5-inch knife hidden in the box spring of Noerdlinger's bed, Grootenboer said.
Lichtman said the facts presented by Grootenboer are "simply wrong." He has said Noerdlinger was the victim of an attack by people armed with a bat and knife.
The case is headed before a grand jury for a possible indictment.
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