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Charge of Trafficking 20 Guns Release on
Unsecured Bond Amid Late Proffered Info
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY MAG COURT
EXCLUSIVE, July 15 - In
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York on July 15, a detention
or release proceeding was held
by Magistrate Judge James L.
Cott on a defendant charged
with trafficking 20 guns into
New York City. Inner City
Press was there.
The US
Attorney's Office had
announced: "BRANDY ARIAS was
charged with firearms
trafficking and traveling
interstate with intent to
engage in firearms
trafficking, in connection
with her illegally selling
firearms in the Bronx, New
York. ARIAS was arrested
yesterday and will be
presented today before
Magistrate Judge James L. Cott
in Manhattan federal court."
During the
proceeding, with Inner City
Press the only media present,
the Assistant US Attorney
emphasized Arias' trips to
Florida and the Dominican
Republic. Judge Cott was not
convinced, and took the AUSA
to task for interrupting or
seeking to interrupt his
ruling. Whatever was late
proffered was not considered,
and it does not appear that
any appeal has been taken.
The US Attorney's
Office says, " From about
March 2022 to July 2022,
BRANDY ARIAS illegally sold
twenty firearms, as well as
ammunition and magazines, to
an undercover law enforcement
officer in the Bronx, New
York. These sales
occurred on eight different
occasions, including in the
middle of the day near a
residential building and
outside of a fast-food
restaurant.
As part of the scheme, in or
about June 2022 and July 2022,
ARIAS traveled between New
York and Florida for the
purpose of obtaining firearms
to illegally resell in New
York. On at least two
occasions shortly after
traveling to Florida, ARIAS
sold firearms to the UC in the
Bronx.
On July 14, 2022, ARIAS met
the UC outside of a fast-food
restaurant in the Bronx with
the intent to sell the UC an
additional firearm. At
that time, ARIAS was
arrested."
There followed in
the Mag Court after Ms. Arias
another defendant for whom the
AUSA requested, and got, the
entire proceeding and docket
sealed, "to leave things
open." We'll have more on
this.
The docketed case
is US v. Arias , 22-mj-5818
(Cott)
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