| In SDNY Murky Mag Court Acheampong
Bailed To Connecticut On ID Theft Charges
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 26 – While
many even most
cases in the
Magistrates
Court of the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York are
sealed or have
case numbers
given only
later, on August
26
before
Magistrate
Judge Katherine
H. Parker a
defendant came
in after
self-surrendering
in a
multi-defendant
bank fraud and
ID theft
case.
His name
seems to be
Scott Acheampong
a/k/a Montana
in the indictment
19-cr-582, assigned
to SDNY
District Judge
Alvin K.
Hellerstein
who will see
Montana on
September 5.
He was bailed
for $50,000
and allowed to
travel to
Connecticut,
with
urinalysis.
And so it goes
in the SDNY.
Earlier,
Alex
Ulloa was
brought in with
retained
counsel Lance
Lazzaro,
charged with
five kilograms
or more of cocaine
and guns. His
case
number was read out, as
19-mj-8007.
But in PACER,
that comes
back "Cannot
find case 19-mj-8007."
Lazzaro waived
a preliminary
hearing,
saying he is
preparing
a bail
package.
Earlier
on August 16 a
defendant
referred to as
Mr. Alvarez
was brought in
extradited
from the
Dominican
Republic
charged with the
1999 killing
of Jose Miguel
Mendez, guns
and drugs,
with the case
number twice
given as 13-cr-454.
But
that case
number is for
US v. Raul
Lebron for false
worker's
compensation
claims. The number
was read out
twice on
August 26 -
first when Alvarez
pleaded
guilty, then
after that
when Criminal
Justice Act
lawyer Matthew
Kluger was
appointed as
his counsel.
The case is
assigned to
Judge Kimba
Wood, whom the
AUSA said is
unavailable
until after
Labor Day.
Inner City
Press will
have more on
this.
This
despite the
fact that
Criminal
Justice Act lawyer
Irving
Cohen
asked Judge Gorenstein
for two
additional minutes to
read the
complaint to his
client. It
was summarized
as involving
the possession
with intent to
distribute of
100 grams of
crack on June
5, 2019. So
why then is it
listed as
sealed, even
after the
presentment?
Inner City
Press, the
only media in
the
Magistrates
Court for
this, an hour
after a
Michael
Avenatti /
Nike
conference,
which Inner
City Press
live tweeted here,
will continue
to pursue this
and other
mysteries of
the SDNY's
murky Mag
Court.
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