| After SDNY Bronx Gang Mass
Presentment Edgardo Baranco Freed Over US
Objection
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 24 -- Even amid the
Coronavirus COVID-19 crisis,
on March 17 Inner City Press reported
that for a large Bronx gang
"take-down" the Magistrates
Court was being moved in the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York,
to a large courtroom on the
24th floor.
The move
came after complaints about
group arraignments by defense
lawyers, and calls for social
distancing. Inner City Press
covered seven proceedings in
Courtroom 24B on March 17, on
narcotics,
immigration
and "hoaxes."
On March
24, co-defendant Edgardo
Baranco through counsel
applied for and received
release, albeit on conditions
including no use of social
media or the Internet. AUSA
Andrew K. Chan opposed the
release, but without success.
The case is headed to SDNY
District Judge Jesse Furman on
May 4. It is US v. Arguedas,
et al., 20-cr-135 (Furman).
Back on
the afternoon of March 18,
from the US Attorney's Office
Press Office, the other shoe
dropped, see below. And on
March 20 another defendant was
brought in, on drugs and gun
charges: Davonte Brown.
Assistant
US Attorney Andrew K. Chan
said, "The government seeks
detention." He attributed a
gun in a car Brown was stopped
in to Brown, and emphasized
that Brown had posted on
social media the names of
co-defendants in the case.
Defense
lawyer Sabrina Shroff,
representing Brown in the
proceeding, said that while
she doubt if Brown was reading
the US Attorney's Office press
release, he might have
been reading "Inner City Press
reporting who was detained an
who was released."
SDNY Chief Magistrate Judge
Gabriel W. Gorenstein, citing
as he had throughout the day
the Coronavirus crisis and new
Pre Trial Services directive,
offered Brown conditions of
release. These included
$75,000 bond, GPS location
monitoring, and informing pre
trial services of any elevated
temperatures, fevers or
sickness in the home. This is
a new era and Inner City Press
will continue to cover it.
This case is US v. Brown,
20-cr-135 (Furman /
Gorenstein).
Back on
March 18 US Attorney Geoffrey
S. Berman came in to watch,
conferring briefly with his
Assistant US Attorney Danielle
Sassoon. (Downstairs in 5A,
which US Attorney Berman also
visited, his Office's request
for a stay of a Dominican
extraditee was denied by the
presiding Magistrate Judge and
appealed to Part 1).
The legal
issues in 24B were not
confined to group
presentments. For defendant
Matthew Nieves, Berman's AUSA
proposed release on the
condition he not move back
into 3063 Hull Avenue.
But, his
lawyer said, Nieves' wife and
their two kids live there.
Judge Aaron declined to impose
that condition, and the
prosecutors said they would
appeal, presumably to the
March 19 Part 1 judge, Chief
Judge Colleen McMahon, whose
deputy remained waiting until
the end on March 20. Neither
ruling was appealed.
The filing:
"Indictment charging ALEXANDER
ARGUEDAS, a/k/a “Reckless,”
MICHAEL DELAGUILA, a/k/a
“Grizz,” STEVEN JUSTO, a/k/a
“Riko,” DAVONTE BROWN, a/k/a
“Tae,” JACOBB PADIN, a/k/a
“Chino,” EDGARDO BARANCO,
a/k/a “Slime,” ABBAS OZKURT,
a/k/a “AB,” JAHVONNE CHAMBERS,
a/k/a “JV,” DENISE BULLOCK,
a/k/a “Mocha,” SIMONE CORDERO,
a/k/a “Mixy,” MATTHEW NIEVES,
a/k/a “WB,” TYERANCE MICKEY,
a/k/a “Hoodlum,” and MARK
BROCK, a/k/a “Rover,” with
racketeering, firearms, and
narcotics offenses, in
connection with their
membership and association
with the Black Stone Gorilla
Gang (“BSGG”). ARGUEDAS
is also charged with the
December 9, 2012, murder of
Gary Rodriguez. ANDRE
CURRY, a/k/a “Flex,” is
charged with narcotics and
firearms
offenses.
"Seven
defendants were arrested today
and will be presented this
afternoon before United States
Magistrate Judge Stewart D.
Aaron." Watch this site.
The case is US v. Arguedas,
et al., 20-cr-135 (Furman).
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