| In EDNY Joel
Persaud Pleads Guilty To Birds In His
Suitcase From Guyana, Deportation Unclear
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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EDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 28 – In the U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District
of New York at noon on
December 28, a guilty plea
proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Vera M.
Scanlon in the case of Joel
Persaud.
He was charged
with illegally bringing birds
from Guyana into the United
States, in his suitcase, into
JFK airport on August 31,
2021. Inner City Press
covered the guilty plea
proceeding.
Persaud's
lawyer said his client can't
read. Judge Scanlon asked,
Can't read English or can't
reat at all?
Can't read
at all was the answer. Changes
were made to documents that
said they had been read.
Whether Persaud will be
subject to deportation for
this misdemeanor plea was left
unanswered. The sentencing
guideline is 12 to 18 months -
but 12 months is the maximum.
The sentencing is
set for April 21 at 10 am.
The case is US v.
Persaud, 21-cr-627, EDNY
(Johnson / Scanlon).
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