| After US Indicted Homeless
Man for $80 Armed Robbery He Got 2 Years
Cooperator Time Served
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 8 - In the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York on
January 10, 2023 a detention
or bond proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Robert W.
Lehrburger on a man arrested
at 6 am that day for an armed
robbery in November 2020 in a
three defendant case in which
one defendant got probation,
the other said he would plead
guilty.
The US Attorney's
Office asked for detention.
The robbery was
for $80, the AUSA said.
The defendant,
Norman Washington, is living
in a homeless shelter. Inquiry
was made into how GPS could
work there, or stand-alone
monitoring. The latter was
arrived at, and a $25,000 bond
to be signed by one financial
responsible person within two
weeks. The District Judge Paul
G. Gardephe had yet to set the
arraignment.
Jump cut to
September 8, 2023: Judge
Gardephe had scheduled a bond
hearing, and Inner City Press
attended. Defendant's cousin
Tajh Washington was brought
in, by US Marshals, to
testify. He has a cooperation
agreement. He said Norman
planned the bodega robbery,
that it was Norman's gun.
The AUSA
elicited that Tajh heard
"through the grapevine and
from family" that Norman was
using drugs while on pre-trial
release. Judge Gardephe agreed
it was hearsay. The AUSA began
to argue to the contrary but
Judge Gardephe said he knew
the standard, but this was too
far. The AUSA moved on.
Successfully:
Minute Entry for
proceedings held before Judge
Paul G. Gardephe: Bond Hearing
as to Norman Washington held
on 9/8/2023. Bond hearing
held. Defendant Norman
Washington present The
defendant's bond is hereby
revoked. The defendant is
ordered detained.
The Marshals
moved in...
On October 6, the
sentencing of cooperator Tajh
Washington was set for
December 21, 2023 - then
adjourned (for then) to
February 14, 2024.
On February 9,
Norman Washington (on whom the
US asked for 46 months) got 24
months imprisonment.
The cooperator
Tajh Washington was finally
sentenced on April 5, 2024 -
and got a time served
sentence.
The case is US v.
Washington, 22-cr-45 (Gardephe
/ Lehrburger)
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