| In SDNY Murky Mag Court Wilson Has
Bail Revoked Remanded To MCC Until Friday At
Least
By Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 31 – 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 31
before
Magistrate
Judge Ona T.
Wang,
things got
even murkier or
some might say
arbitrary. A
defendant
referred to as
Mister Wilson,
until
now free on
bond, had his
bail revoked -
and then
almost
unrevoked.
Judge Wang
returned to
the bench and
said Wilson
had violated
the terms of
his release
multiple times
and that "bail
is revoked."
Then
Wilson's
lawyer Mr.
Taylor asked
if reverting
to home
confinement
with GPS
monitoring
might work.
Judge Wang
said, "I am
not inclined
to go back on
my decision."
Then pre-trial
services said
Mister Wilson
works but off
the books.
His
lawyer said he
has worked the
same place for
four years,
now trying to
support his
baby. Is it
was OK before,
why not now?
Finally Judge
Wang said she
will still be
on duty (in
the Mag court)
on Friday and
to make a new
argument at
noon. Taylor
asked, Can he
stay out until
then? No, said
Judge Wang.
Two
days can be a
long time. And
what will be
the impact on
his job, off
the books or
not? Inner
City Press
will continue
to follow this
case, even
with no New
Presentments
or information
about the
Magistrates
Court provided
in days. Watch
this site.
On July
29 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.
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