| Queens Man Who Put Burning
Glove Under NYPD Vehicle Gets Agreed $25K Bail
at SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 18 – After the
prosecutors in the Eastern
District of New York had
arrested and detained three
defendants for attacks on
NYPD, on June 18 the US
Attorney for announced the
arrest of Victor A.
Sanchez-Santa "in connection
with his attempts to destroy a
police car in midtown
Manhattan."
On June 18 he was
released on $25,000 bond
co-signed by his mother in a
short presentment Inner City
Press live-tweeted, here
and below.
SDNY U.S.
Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman
said in a statement, “As
alleged, the defendant
selected a clearly marked NYPD
vehicle, walked up beside it,
started a fire under the
vehicle, and fled the
scene. In allegedly
doing so, he maliciously
targeted law
enforcement. Arson is
also a threat to more than its
immediate victim, with the
potential to destroy and
terrify far beyond the place
where a fire is set. We
have the quick response of
members of the NYPD, FDNY, and
ATF to thank for controlling
the fire and identifying the
defendant so he can face the
significant charge for his
alleged crime."
The SDNY
Complaint alleged that on June
9, 2020, at approximately 1:20
am, Sanchez-Santa stopped his
car beside a marked NYPD
vehicle on West 42nd Street in
Manhattan. He got out of
his car, took a cloth glove in
his hand and held the glove to
a flame until it
ignited. He then put the
burning glove underneath the
NYPD vehicle, and got back
into his car, leaving the
glove burning beneath the
police car.
Inner City Press,
which covered all three EDNY
cases, will cover this case in
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York. The first step was the
presentment, which Inner City
Press live
tweeted: "The defendant
is currently in the custody of
U.S. Marshals in 500 Pearl
Street... He was arrested at
6:30 am."
He's been
assigned Mark Gombiner of
Federal Defenders; Judge Cott
has his financial affidavit to
show eligibility for
publicly-funded counsel.
Magistrate Judge
James L. Cott: "You are not
required to make any
statements to the
authorities... There is one
count of arson."
FD Gombiner: We
waives its public reading.
Judge Cott: What
about bail?
AUSA: We have
agreed to a bail
package...Bond of $25,000
cosigned by mother.
[Inner City
Press note: EDNY prosecutors
sought and ultimate got
detention of 3 in Brooklyn,
after 2d Circuit appeal. SDNY
has agreed to a bail package,
$25k bond. Then again it's a
burning glove, not the alleged
Molotov cocktail. Still, they
did a press release.]
FD
Gombiner, for preliminary
hearing, waives to the 30th
day.
The case is US v.
Sanchez-Santa, 20-mj-6295
(Cott).
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