| Felon Charged With
Slashing Autistic Teen For
Throwing Snow Ball Is Detained
in SDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
March 18 – A man on Supervised
Release who was arrested in
February charged with slashing
a 17 year old autistic
teenager for having thrown a
snowball that hit him was
presented on March 18 before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Gary Stein.
Inner City
Press was there, the only
civilian in the SDNY
Magistrates courtroom. Thread:
OK - now at bail
argument on defendant brought
to SDNY after a week
"unfortunately" on Rikers
Island, prosecutor says.
Judge: The
petition alleges violations
stemming from an incident on
Feb 19, 2024 in Bronx County.
You are charged with assault
with a weapon, harassment, and
endangering the welcome of an
incompetent person - you
alleged slashed a person in
the left cheek
AUSA: Back in
February the 17 year old
victim was having a snow ball
fight with a 6 year old on a
residential street. An errant
snow ball hit the defendant.
He approached - the 6 year old
ran, the 17 year old,
autistic, denied - and got
slashed with a sharp object
AUSA: There is
video surveillance footage of
the slashing from a distance,
then the defendant's face in a
bodega nearby. Using footage
from different cameras they
tracked his path from the
bodega through the slashing to
to his apartment. Facial
recognition used
AUSA: In a
post-arrest statement he
acknowledged it was him in the
bodega - but denied the
slashing. But the person in
the bodega was the 1 who went
to the slashing Probation: He
didn't attend anger
management, beyond intake.
AUSA: We
agree with Probation:
detain Federal Defender:
There is no video proof my
client committed the slashing.
He could be put in a halfway
house - the MDC, as stated in
the recent Chavez decision,
should only be used if
entirely necessary.
AUSA: The
victim's foster mother
declines the 6 pack ID
Federal Defender: I haven't
reached my client's state
lawyer. But the AUSA hasn't
even seen the video. AUSA: He
missed anger management on Feb
20 and 29 Judge: Wasn't he
detained on the 29th? AUSA:
Yes, sorry. We think he'd be a
danger to others in a halfway
house
Judge:
Would the government view a
halfway house to be a form of
detention?
AUSA: Not
necessarily. Federal
Defender: Another client of
mine burned down a whole
bodega in The Bronx and got
six months in the halfway
house, before another judge
here
Federal Defender:
So he could go into a halfway
house. He could prepare there
for a hearing. He's a family
man.
Defendant: Seven
kids in the house.
Judge: Defendant
has not met his burden. Who
ever committed this act is
easily set off. Judge: I cite
a recent decision by Judge
Sullivan sitting by
designation [which Inner City
Press also covered.] So, I
order detention.
The case is
US v. Cordero, 23-cr-56
(Abrams / Stein)
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