| Aquilino
Torres Kidnapping Trial Amid Stalking Talk
Results in Guilty Verdict Now 24 Years
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 15 – Aquilino Torres is
accused of kidnapping a woman
and her seven year old son.
On July 14 a guilty verdict
after the week-long trial
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Denise L. Cote.
Inner City Press has been
following the case and now the
sentencing: "AQUILINO TORRES
was sentenced to 292 months in
prison for his kidnapping and
stalking of an adult woman
(“Victim-1”) and the
kidnapping of her
seven-year-old son (“Minor
Victim-1”) in or around
October 2020. TORRES was
convicted following a one-week
jury trial in July 2021 before
U.S. District Judge Denise L.
Cote, who imposed today’s
sentence.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams
said: “Aquilino Torres carried
out a brutal kidnapping of a
7-year-old child and his
mother, and threatened to kill
the child. He held his
victims captive and physically
abused both mother and
child. Thanks to the FBI
and NYPD, Torres was
apprehended, prosecuted, and
convicted of these horrific
crimes, and has now been
sentenced to a lengthy prison
term.”
AQUILINO TORRES
was convicted of kidnapping,
kidnapping of a minor, and
stalking for the October 2020
kidnapping and stalking of an
adult female victim and the
kidnapping of Victim-1’s
7-year-old son.
The complaint
said Torres texted the mother
on October 5, 2020, "Watch
when I catch you. I'ma kick
your son's teeth out." It says
Victim-1 had been unfaithful.
Things only got worse from
there.
Federal
Defenders, representing
Torres, on June 25 asked that
he be given three pairs of
dress slacks, one tie, one
belt and five pair of
underwear.
And at week's end
on July 9, a planned witness
was withdrawn and so the trial
day ended before 5 pm, albeit
only 20 minutes early. Judge
Cote noted it, denied motions
and said See you Monday.
On Monday July
12, Judge Cote issued an order
denying the defense's request
to charge the jury of the
purported lesser included
offense of stalking resulting
in bodily injury.
The case is US v.
Torres, 20-cr-608 (Cote)
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