| Tekashi #6ix9ine
Charged with Drugs Amid DNA Swab
of Gun Now US Asks Delay to July
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 2 – Rapper Daniel
Hernandez a/k/a Tekashi
#6ix9ine, still on probation
after sentencing as a
cooperator in the Nine Trey
gang case, was ordered
detained on alleged violations
of supervised release on
October 29 by U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Paul A. Engelmayer. Inner City
Press was there, from the thread
(when he spoke for himself)
#6ix9ine: I'm not
a piece of, uh, I'm not a bad
person. I apologize.
On November 5 the
US Attorney's Office wrote to
"recommend that the following
sentence be imposed: (1) a
period of thirty days’
incarceration; (2) followed
by" - letter on Patreon here.
On November 6
Judge Engelmayer noted that he
would ask questions.
And he did,
before imposing a 45 days
sentence. Thread here
Jump cut to April
11, after Inner City Press
published a book
on 6ix9ine (and Kay Flock)
here - more VOSRs and a
hearing: "Daniel Hernandez.
The Court schedules a
conference for the purpose of
arraigning the defendant on
multiple supervised release
violations specifications on
April 21, 2025."
Inner City Press
live tweeted, here
- the next court day was set
at May 22.
On May 5, the US
Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for a delay to July: "Earlier today,
the Government learned that it
will take at least
approximately six weeks from
tomorrow’s date (i.e., June
17, 2025) for the Palm Beach
County Sherriff’s Department
to develop and compare
results, if any, of DNA swabs
taken from Hernandez’s person
and from a firearm recovered
in Hernandez’s pool house" -
full letter on Patreon here
more courtroom
details on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is still
USA v. Jones, et al.,
1:18-cr-834 (Engelmayer)
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