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Six people who were arrested during a melee inside a Hempstead courtroom Friday faced a judge this morning.

The brawl broke out yesterday during the arraignment of 20-year-old Pedro Merchant. He was arrested on murder charges in the shooting death of 17-year-old Dante Quinones. Merchant is accused of shooting Quinones seven times last Wednesday on Dartmouth Street in Hempstead.

The melee, which started in the courthouse and spilled out onto the street, broke out between families of the victim and the suspect in First District Court, which lead to the six arrests.

Attorney Anthony Colleluori, who represents Abdul Rahim Robinson and Aaron Munlin, says his clients were in court Friday seeking justice in the death of their cousin, but instead were assaulted by friends and family members of Pedro Merchant.

The six have been charged with rioting and criminal contempt. They are due back in court on Sept. 24.

Eleven court officers were hurt in the melee.

Merchant is being held without bail and is due back in court next week.

Six people who were arrested during a melee inside a Hempstead courtroom Friday faced a judge this morning.    The brawl broke out yesterday during the arraignment of 20-year-old Pedro Merchant. He was

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Be a little bit of a Scrooge this weekend for some holiday plans, not a wash out, but we're going to get wet. Yeah, it's gonna be gray. Tomorrow will definitely be the day for some of that fun. It'll be in the fifties so not too cold. You can do it. Yeah, we'll take it tomorrow and then on Sunday that's the wet day. So we are expecting rainfall on and off through the day on Sunday. So take advantage of your Saturday 56. It doesn't really feel like the holidays. It's pretty warm, but we will cool down for next week in 54 on Sunday. In the morning, light showers, most of the heavier rainfall on Sunday will get here for the afternoon and evening, but most of the day will be kind of wet. We've had the rain this evening, but the back edge is now approaching Long Island. So it will get out of here tonight. Lots of clouds. Tonight, we have warmer weather moving in. Even at this hour, we're seeing some forties and fifties southwest. It's pretty warm for this time of the year and those fifties will make their way towards Long Island tomorrow in the morning it's dry but there will be some low cloudiness around. We could have fog for the first half of the day. I think we'll see a few peaks of sunshine in the afternoon. It's not bad at all. Three o'clock, 53 Montauk and 54 in Hewlett. Now at night, after about 8 to 9 o'clock, the showers will return. It's going to be a light rain tomorrow night. Little bit of a break. Sunday morning, you can get out for your morning jog if you have to if you have anything planned. But after lunchtime you see that wet weather coming through the brighter colors that shows us there could be some pockets of heavier rainfall and this is up until about 89 o'clock at night. Our weather will start to dry out by Monday. Rainfall totals half an inch to an inch in many spots. This will be through Monday morning. So healthy little dose of rain rolling through. Then we've got a dry stretch coming up for you. Monday, 52 cooler, Tuesday at 46 much of next week will be cooler with sun and clouds.

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6 charged with rioting in Hempstead court melee after murder suspect Pedro Merchant’s arraignment