| In SDNY Wilson Perez For
2017 Kidnapping In The Bronx Gets 5 Years
Shaved To 3 After Cold In MDC
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 2 – In August 2017 Wilson
Perez and two others kidnapped
a person they believe tricked
them about robbing a van full
of drugs in The Bronx. They
pistol-whipped the person, the
gun went off and the person
jumped out of the car onto the
Major Deegan Expressway.
Perez was sentenced to five
years, on a Guideline of 135
to 168 months, but like many
defendants the Supreme Court's
decision in US v. Davis
put him up for re-sentencing.
This took place on January 2
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Analisa Torres,
with only Perez' family and
Inner City Press in the
gallery.
Perez' lawyer Sarah Kunstler
argued that Torres has been
working as a barber while in
prison, where he was assaulted
twice breaking his jaw and
bones around his eye socket.
When the power went off in the
MDC in Brooklyn, the titanium
screws in him caused extra
pain.
Judge Torres recited the
crime, and the punishment. She
reduced his five years to
three years, drawing a thank
you from Perez and his family.
He still may face deportation.
Kunstler said if "time
served," the order of removal
might not happen. Now, it is
not known. The case is US v.
Perez, 17-cr-5013 (Torres).
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