Crime

Maker of anti-Muslim video jailed on probation violations

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who made the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims," was deemed a flight risk by a federal magistrate today. He was ordered held without bail on eight alleged probation violations, including false statements to a federal officer. He was convicted in 2010 for federal check fraud. "He's in fear for his life," prosecutor Robert Dugdale argued. "He has every incentive to disappear."


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