| Bronx Man Who Won Slip and Fall Case
Fled Police With Gun Now Released on Bond
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 7 – A defendant who fled
police in a car in The Bronx
and was captured with a gun
was arguing to be released on
bond on May 6 in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
Inner City Press was there - thread:
OK-
now back in
SDNY
Magistrates
court, gun
case against a
felon who won
$1.3 million
in a slip and
fall lawsuit
and says he
was then
targeted.
Defense says
he never fired
it. Judge:
What about
fleeing?
Defendant
was arrested in January and
released by NYS with no bail
or conditions, charged with
intent to sell. Defense says
he was self medicating.
Federal Defender: In one of
his arrests this year, my
client was beaten by the
police.
Judge: That's a
serious charge. Do you have
any evidence? FD: I don't. But
getting medical treatment
after arrest is suggestive.
Judge: He went to doctor for
other reasons
Federal Defender:
He could continue living with
his uncle. But the conditions
in the MDC, and lack of
medical care, must be
considered.
Federal
Defender quotes Judge Dearcy
Hall: "The MDC is going to
have to understand that the
judges of this court are no
longer going to tolerate the
mismanagement of the medical
care of the defendants that
are in their
charge."
AUSA: He has 2
drug convictions... 77 glass
envelopes of heroin & 36
Perc's - he may not have
brandished but he'd had three
firearms. I haven't seen his
medical records. But Feb,
March and April - 3 arrests
since our incident. Judge:
What's wrong with
conditions?
AUSA: He was
arrested in the Bronx and said
he did not have since
Pennsylvania license on him.
Today he was transferred in
from Rikers - Federal
Defender: He was given bail
but not released due to
Federal hold. He posted
$55,000 cash bail in January
Judge: I believe
that there are conditions for
release. The conduct is
serious, possession of 2 guns.
But in NYS court he has been
released time and again.
Let me address the defendant:
You are in Federal court. This
is not Kansas anymore
Defendant: Yes
sir. Judge: I order you
may be released on $100,000
personal recognizance bond
co-signed by 2 financially
responsible people, drug
testing, mental health
evaluation, home incarceration
with GPS monitoring - how much
does it cost? No guns.
The case is
US v. Lopez, 24-mj-1431
(Stein)
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