| In SDNY Murky Mag Court Defendant Who
Threatened Trump Sanders and GMHC Given Bail
By Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 29 – While
many even most
cases in the
Magistrates
Court of the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York are
sealed or have
no case number
given, on July 29
before
Magistrate
Judge Ona T.
Wang,
things got
even murkier.
A man just
released from
a mental hospital
who had called
and emailed in
threats to
President
Trump, his
former
spokesperson
Sarah Sanders,
Trump Tower
and the SDNY
courthouse,
even GMHC
where he was
living, was
brought into
Mag Court in
shackles,
saying he
wanted bail.
The government
said his
threats waste
resources and
cause danger.
His Federal
Defender said
he is now on
medication,
and that his
phone could be
looked at
after the
fact.
After a
five minute
break that
turned into 15
minutes, Judge
Wang agreed he
can be
released on
bail: a
$25,000
signature
bond, a visit
by pre-trial
services to
GMHC, and the
promise to
threaten no
more.
Meanwhile a
defendant who
made a single
online threat
to DC's Mayor
is still
detained.
We'll have
more on this.
The case,
hours after
the
presentation,
is stilled as
under seal.
The
defendant's
name, as
pronounced -
no New
Presentments
list has been
provided - is
Mr De Luca
a/k/a Clark.
Murky,
indeed.
Inner City
Press was the
only media in
the Mag Court,
then returned
to the PACER
terminal it
has worked at
for months,
only to find
the case still
sealed.
Earlier
on July 29
defendant who
was referred
to as "Mister
Ochoa
Alvarez,"
names too
common to
usefully
search in
PACER, pled
guilty to 100
grams of
heroin. It was
a lesser
included
offense to the
original
charge, one
kilo. And it
took place in
Colombia, with
the prepondrance
of evidence
for venue
being a phone
call made from
the SDNY.
Twice Judge
Wang asked,
Was an promise
made beyond
the plea
letter? And
twice Mister
Ochoa Alvarez
said, Yes.
Until he we
convinced or
cajoled on the
third time to
say, No. He
will be
sentenced in
October. Inner
City Press
will continue
to try to find
the case on
the PACER
terminal it
has worked
perched over
for months.
Back on
July 22 a defendant referred
to only as
"Ms. Grandison"
(phonetic) was
released by
Magistrate
Judge Stewart
Aaron on a
$20,000 bond
on charges of
access devise
fraud and
aggravated
identity
theft. But in
terms of
secrecy, no
"New
Presentments"
were released,
nothing.
Back on
July 17 in
a case that,
hours after
the defendants
were ordered
released on
bail remained listed
as "sealed,"
Munif Ahmed stands
accused of conspiracy
to distribute
large
quantities of
drugs
from China and
with telling
the now cooperating
witness,
"Don't f*ck
with me."
The
government
argued that
Ahmed is a
risk to flee
to Yemen; his
Criminal
Justice Act
lawyer said
no, blood
clots in his
legs prevent
him from
flying. Then
there was the
matter of
where Mr.
Ahmed lives -
on Anderson
Avenue in the
Bronx with his
uncle or in
the store on
West 168th
Street which
he lists on
his ID. This
was ascribed
to not having
an interpreter
during the
interview with
pre trial
services.
Ahmed
was ordered
released on a
$250,000 bond
with $30,000
in cash or
property. His
co-defendant
who called "Mr
Lazzaro"
before turning
himself in
must put up
$40,000 cash.
He drive Uber;
Inner City
Press predicts
he or Mr.
Lazzaro or his
associate will
move to relax
the conditions
of release to
extend beyond
the Southern
and Eastern
Districts of
New York.
Watch this
site.
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