| Man
Detained For 7
Guns in Harlem
Was Freed For
Colonoscopy
Now Gets 70
Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 6 – Dexter Washington was
detained after fentanyl and
seven fire arms including an
AR-15-type rifle and other
assault weapons were found in
his apartment in Harlem.
On May 25,
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Gabrial W.
Gorenstein ordered Washington
released, after his lawyer
said he was being denied
access to a colonoscopy.
An
official from the
Metropolitan Correctional
Center in Brooklyn was present
on speaker phone and said that
Washington has twice refused
medical treatment.
Judge
Gorenstein and the Assistant
US Attorney concluded that the
first refusal was not a
refusal, in light of
Washington being brought to
court.
The second
refusal occurred on a Sunday,
when Washington had been taken
to the Special Housing Unit in
preparation for a Tuesday
colonoscopy. His lawyer said
he was denied hot water; there
was testimony that hot water
is not required, and that
Washington had been allowed to
take his medication into the
SHU with him.
Washington
was ordered released on a
$500,000 bond with four
co-signers, GPS and home
incarceration but for medical
and legal appointments.
Jump cut to July
31, 2023. Washington was
before District Judge Lorna G.
Schofield, who asked about his
health. The response was about
prostate and scrotum, and
insurance kicking in on August
1. Judge Schofield said it is
hard to deal with health and a
criminal case and so did not
set a trial date but rather a
next conference for October
16, 2023.
On February 20,
2024, Washington pled guilty;
sentencing was set for June
17. It was put back to August
6 - but on July 29 Washington
wrote in that he had had a car
accident and needs brain
surgery. But the sentencing
date was reiterated, with the
notation that Washington can
then move for a protracted
surrender date.
On August 6 he
was sentenced to 70 months to
begin October 7 "at a medical
facility that can accommodate"
his condition.
The case is
US v. Washington, 23-cr-31
(Schofield)
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