| Bronx District Leader
Nicole Torres Pleads Down to
Selling Poll Worker Jobs for 70
Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
EXCLUSIVE,
April 17 – A Republican
District Leader in the 81st
Assembly District in The Bronx
has been indicted for
accepting bribes to give out
poll worker jobs, as an
employee of the Board of
Elections.
On August 27 at 2 pm,
Nicole Torres was brought by
U.S. Marshals before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Stewart D.
Aaron. Inner City Press was
there, the only media in the
SDNY Mag court.
The
Assistant US Attorney agreed
to release on unsecured
$50,000 bond, with a next
conference before District
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil set
for September 10 at 3
pm. The now
unsealed indictment alleged
that Torres "illegally
demanded payments from Bronx
residents to herself and a
local organization in exchange
for selecting individuals as
poll workers." Full
indictment on Patreon here
On September 10,
Torres was arraigned by Judge
Vyskocil in a nearly empty
courtroom. Inner City Press
was there, thread
On December 9 the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
to cancel the December 17
appearance.
And on March 13
the US Attorney's Office
submitted a joint letter to
schedule a guilty plea
proceeding for April 16.
Inner City Press
went, thread
Judge: Are there
victims in this case, and if
so have they been notified?
AUSA: Yes and yes. [A person
emailed Inner City Press that
he intends to try to speak at
this hearing, we'll see]
Judge: Do you
take any drugs or medications?
Nicole Torres: Medical
marijuana, twice a day. Judge:
For anxiety? Torres: And pain.
Judge: Do you wish to change
your plea to guilty? Torres: I
do.
Judge: You were
charged in seven counts, but I
understand the Government has
you pleading guilty only to
Counts 1 and 5, conspiracy to
commit mail fraud, 18 USC
1341. And they have agreed to
a sentencing guideline of 70
to 87 months
Sentencing was
set for July 8.
More on X for Subscribers
here and on Substack here
The case
is USA v. Torres, 1:24-cr-499
(Vyskocil / Aaron)
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