His fellow inmates first told him that he had a right to make a statement at his grand jury hearing. While in jail, he also learned a little bit about legal strategy. He said he slept with a blanket pulled over his head and “a towel wrapped round my face so nobody could cut me.” He'd never spent a night in jail before and took note of the habits of other inmates. The panel of 23 people would decide whether or not he was indicted for murder and whether the case would go forward. Goland spent 10 days there while he awaited a grand jury hearing. He was taken to Bain Correctional Center - a medium-security jail barge that floats near the Rikers Island inmate centers. Goland wasn't eligible for bail due to the murder charge. He thought the detectives were “just doing their job” because so many people had come forward with his name.Īs he was being led from the precinct to central booking, he said one of his interrogators flashed him a peace sign and told him to be strong and “if you’re innocent, you’ll be home.” Goland’s only theory was that others in his neighborhood had conspired to implicate him because they were jealous that he drove a nice car (a 2013 Mercedes-Benz M元50), came from a good family, and had a prospective music career. The NYPD did not respond to multiple requests for comment.) (The Bronx DA’s office declined to comment on the case against Goland. The detectives - who he said otherwise “dealt with me like a gentleman” - didn’t have a good answer. Goland asked why, if there were so many eyewitnesses, it took them months to come forward. His death was one of a rash of killings that happened in New York City that weekend.Īt one point in the interrogation, Goland said, detectives dropped their bombshell: They said the NYPD had 20 to 30 witnesses who were outside at the time of the shooting - and that as many as 10 of them said they were ready to testify that he was the gunman. An NYPD police spokesman told the Times that Bentley was standing in the doorway of his building when he was shot and killed. The shooter got back into the car, then got back out and fired a second wave of bullets. A man jumped out of the passenger side front door and fired several rounds toward a group of bystanders. The New York Times reported that an SUV drove by Bentley’s building twice before stopping the third time. on a Friday nine months earlier - on July 17, 2015. Odane Bentley was shot and killed outside his home at around 8:30 p.m. Detectives asked Goland if he had problems with anyone in his neighborhood.
He told police they were friends in middle school, that their houses are about eight blocks from each other. They asked him about his neighbor, Odane Bentley. Goland - who spoke to BuzzFeed News with his lawyer present - sat in a 47th Precinct holding cell for four hours, then was brought in to interrogation. His mother, father, sister, and cousin watched. As soon as he stepped outside, four NYPD warrant squad officers hopped out of a police van and arrested him on a murder charge. On March 4, aspiring Bronx rapper Ronald Goland - "Bigg Base” to his friends and fans - walked out his front door, on his way to the barber to get “groomed up” for a music video shoot. Ronald Goland, 24, of the Bronx, New York.
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