| Rocco Took Child Victim 1 from To
Tampa Now Instagram Account Shown With Age
Disputed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURT, Jan 4
- In the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York back on
September 29, 2022, a
detention or bond proceeding
was held by Magistrate Judge
James L. Cott on a man charged
with violating his supervised
release in connection with
Minor Victim-1 in Florida. He
was detained, with a hearing
set for January 4, 2023.
Andrew
Rocco pled guilty to firearms
trafficking in early 2020. But
once released, he declined to
provide Probation with an
address, a violation for which
he appeared before District
Judge Andrew L. Carter on
August 16, 2022. The next day,
prosecutors say, he left SDNY
with Minor Victim-1, 16 years
old.
A US
Attorney's Office filing on
December 30, 2022, just before
the holiday, recounts how they
drove to Tampa, Florida "in a
car in which crack and powder
cocaine were found." He was
arrested, and now contests
having violated Florida
Statute 787.03, unlawfully
interfering with the custody
of a minor.
For the
January 4 hearing, the US said
it will present as a witness
the Hillsborough County,
Florida Sheriff's Office
detective who arrested Rocco,
under suspicion on human
trafficking, and then a mentor
for victims of child sexual
assault, Talia Magnani. It
seems to admit Victim-1's out
of court statements, arguing
that on violations of
supervised release, the
Confrontation Clause does not
apply.
Inner City
Press went to cover the
January 4 hearing. A officer
of HSI was on the stand,
describing tracking and
finding Victim-1. Text
messages about pimping her
shown, and a woman in the
gallery remonsterated.
When
Rocco's defense lawyer had his
change to cross examine, he
said a
victim's
mother had not
been
cooperative
with the
authorities,
which the HSI
agent
disagreed
with. He
emphasized evidence that Rocco
had thought the age to be
eighteen or nineteen.
But isn't it a strict
liability crime? Watch
this site.
The case
is US v. Rocco, 18-cr-420
(Carter)
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