| Rocco Took Child Victim 1 from SDNY
To Tampa Now US Argues No Confrontation
Right
By Matthew
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SDNY COURT, Jan 2
- 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
now set for January 4, 2023.
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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 says
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.
The case is US v.
Rocco, 18-cr-420 (Carter)
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