| Katia Ramos
Cooperated In Drug Case But Text Cost Her
5K Letter Now Gets 5 Years in Prison
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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April 19 – Katia Ramos was
arrested on charges ranging
from narcotics conspiracy to,
later, participation in an
attempted armed robbery and
bank and wire
fraud. She
became a cooperator.
She has three
children. But when the
government intercepted her
text message that in her
proffer session she had "put
in a little extra," she was no
longer valuable to them as a
witness. They refused to give
the promised 5K1.1
cooperator's letter. So Ramos
faced 17
years.
On April 19, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge P.
Kevin Castel held the
sentencing proceeding. Inner
City Press covered, as the
only media in the courtroom -
the only person in the gallery
other than Ramos' mother and
three
children.
The US Attorney's
Office decided to withdraw
some of the charges that Ramos
had pleaded guilty to, leaving
a five year mandatory minimum.
Ramos' lawyer
from Crowell & Moring
(listed in the docket as both
CJA and pro bono) argued
effectively for the five
years. And Judge Castel,
noting how sad the case was,
imposed that minimum: five
years.
In the
gallery Ramos' mother exhaled,
and held up five fingers to
her children.
They knew they
was good news. Judge Castel
allowed her a visit, as
permitted by the Marshals,
with her children, and
recommended Danbury.
The case is US v.
Ramos, 19-cr-692
(Castel)
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