| Nine Kilos
of Coke Leave 2 Men Jailed For
Thanksgiving As Offered To Leave The Bronx
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTROOM,
Nov 24 – In the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York on the
late afternoon of
November 24, the day before
Thanksgiving, a detention
proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Stuart D.
Aaron on a defendant charged
with receiving a package of
9.2 kilograms of cocaine for
delivery to another
co-defendant, who was also
presented.
Inner City Press
live tweeted here:
First up is Edwin
Walker, with Federal Defender.
Before
Magistrate Judge Stuart Aaron
came out, Walker was talking
about Madison Square Garden
& road winning records.
Now he swears to his financial
affidavit.
Judge Aaron: You
are charged with narcotics
conspiracy
Assistant US
Attorney: The government is
seeking detention.
Judge Aaron: I
know from our conversations in
the back that the Federal
Defenders will be seeking
release. AUSA: This is a
presumption case. He received
9.2 kilos of cocaine, to give
to his co-defendant
AUSA: The
defendant has 3 convictions
for assault, one a felony
assault conviction. Also, the
manufacture of hallucinigens,
and he fails to appear in
court. There's a Florida bench
warrant.
Federal
Defender: Mr. Walker's last
contact with the law was in
2009.
Federal Defender:
No one knows if this Florida
warrant is real. And he
immediately enabled the US to
arrest the co-defendant.
[Lights dim in the Magistrates
Court - it's 4 minutes to 8
pm. The alluded to
co-defendant will be up next,
if the lights are still on]
Federal
Defender: He's been the
director of security at a
Burger King for more than a
decade, now for another fast
food chain. His son has a
doctorate. If released, he
will not return to the address
in the Bronx at which he
received the package. He could
go to NJ
Federal
Defender: He is 61, he has
health conditions. He is
vaccinated. Why send him to
prison? We offer a $75,000
bond.
Judge Aaron: Mr.
Walker, you have not rebutted
the presumption. You admitted
you did this before. I'm
ordering you detained.
[Walker is
still thanking his lawyer as
he is led back into the
holding call. Now his
co-defendant's lawyer and the
AUSA and Pre-Trial are
summoned back to talk to Judge
Aaron. Hard see how if package
receiver is jailed, ultimate
addressee won't be. But we'll
see]
[The
co-defendant, Victor Rivera
Quinones perhaps with a
different docket number than
Walker, has a family member in
the gallery, which Inner City
Press shares with five law
enforcement and no one else.
Turns out Victor
Rivera Quinones is consenting
to detention, not arguing for
release. He'll go to Essex
County Jail. And it's over.
This case is US
v. Walker and Rivera,
21-mj-11372 (Aaron)
***
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