Charged
With Shooting
13 Times in
Bronx Project
Allen Asks for
46 Months
Citing Youths
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 21 – Terrence Allen was
arrested and charged with
shooting a gun 13 times in the
Melrose Houses in the South
Bronx. In state court he was
released on $50,000 bail.
Then the case was
Federalized and he was
arrested again.
On October
30 Allen appeared by U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
new Magistrate Judge Stein
Gary. Inner City Press was
there, the only media in the
SDNY Mag court.
The AUSA emphasized 13 shots,
and Allen's arrest twice in
the same silver Mercedes. The
Federal Defender said he works
two jobs on Long Island and
could stay with his wife near
the Williamsburg
Bridge.
Judge Stein took
a break to mull it, then
returned and said he had to
detain Allen on danger
grounds.
On November 20,
District Judge Denise L. Cote
to whom the case was assigned
arraigned Allen and set a May
13, 2024 trial date. She then
held a bail hearing. Allen's
defender offered a condition
of him being banned from The
Bronx. But on danger
grounds, Judge Cote continued
detention.
Jump cut to March
19, 2024, when Terrence Allen
pled guilty to count 1.
On June 21,
Allen's Federal Defender wrote
it, for the sentencing now on
July 10, asking for a sentence
of 46 months. An explanation
is provided: in the Melrose
Houses, a group of 5 to 6
young men held a gun to his
head. He writes, "At that
point I let my anger supersede
my intelligence." He fired the
gun, not at anyone, but to
"send a message that he would
not let the young men in the
building take advantage of
him."
The case is US v.
Allen, 23-cr-588 (Cote)
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