| NYPD
Gina Mestre
Helped Gang
Murderer Evade
Capture Gets
70 Months She
Pled To
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 29 – On
Cromwell
Avenue in The
Bronx on
November 5,
2020 Andrew
Done shot and
killed Angel
Barreiro.
Then
NYPD officer
Gina Mestre
helped him
evade capture
for the
murder,
according to
an indictment
unsealed on
August 15,
2023. Inner
City Press had
reported on
the Done case,
resulting in a
sentence of 35
years, and
covered her
arraignment
and release on
bail on August
16, the only
media in the
courtroom.
Before U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Denise L.
Cote, Mestre
appeared in a
black hooded
sweatshirt, a
tattoo visible
on her arm.
Judge
Cote set a
January 2024
trial date.
The
SDNY
prosecutors
had already
agreed that
unlike many
defendants
down in the
Magistrates
Court, she
could be
released on
bail: a
$250,000 bond
with two
so-signers.
On
December 1
Mestre's
lawyer wrote
in, "The
parties have
reached a
negotiated
disposition in
principle...
schedule a
change of plea
hearing for
December 7."
On
December 7,
Mestre's plea
was accepted -
and the plea
agreement, to
Count 4, is to
a 70 to 87
month
guideline,
with a 15 year
maximum. Plea
agreement on
Patreon here.
On
March 29, she
got the 70
months,
starting May
10, 2024,
thread:
Judge:
The Supreme
Court has said
District
Judges can
consider a
wide range of
information at
sentencing.
Defendant
claims her
supervisors
told her to
get close(r)
to Mr Done.
We'll take a
break so the
defense and
prosecution
can talk.
After
the break, the
sentencing is
going forward.
Defense: Ms
Mestre lost
her moral
compass. But
she had
nothing to do
with the
murder. I've
represented
police
officers who
have done a
lot worse. She
expects to do
time, after
she finishes
her nursing
degree
Defense
lawyer: Police
officers
support Gina
Mestre. She
was told to
dress like a
prostitute.
She list her
way with this
guy. 70 months
would be
outrageous.Defense:
We say 12
months in
jail. AUSA:
The police
officers in
the back of
this courtroom
[3, it
appears] do
not support Ms
Mestre.
Gina
Mestre: I
apologize. I'd
like to finish
my nursing
degree.
Judge:
I sentence you
to 70 months.
Previously
the prosecutor
asked for an
exception to
the
prohibition,
saying in open
court that
Mestre's
"partner" -
boyfriend - is
a former NYPD
officer. Inner
City Press has
already
tweeted that;
more
details and
name on
Substack
here.
The
case is US v.
Mestre,
23-cr-418
(Cote)
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