| Yonkers Man
Charged With Crack Conspiracy Asked Bail
but Denied Now Starks 72 Months
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 4 – Johnny Perez
a/k/a Ghost was detained on
crack conspiracy
charges.
On January 13, 2022 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer held
a proceeding on Perez's
request to be released. Inner
City Press covered it.
The request
cited the spread of COVID in
the MDC; Perez' lawyer said he
would not reside in Yonkers
used for the charge conduct
but rather a three bedroom
apartment in The Bronx.
Judge
Engelmayer affirmed the
Magistrate Court decision to
keep Perez detained.
Jump cut to
October. Co-defendant Davon
Mial starts trial October 17,
and the courtroom will be
partially sealed. Inner City
Press was unaware of the
October 3 hearing
- some District Court have
centralized public notice of
sealing requests, rather than
a needle in a hay stack - but
continued to follow the case.
On October 24,
after jurors asked for
transcripts to buy videos, lab
reports, and "GX 3005 in
larger form," they returned
guilty verdicts on all counts,
with Count 1 put between 28
and 280 grams.
And on November
2, Perez was sentenced:
"JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE
as to Johnny Perez (1). THE
DEFENDANT: pleaded guilty to
count One (1). IMPRISONMENT:
Ninety-six (96) months."
On November 4,
co-defendant Aaron Starks got
72 months: "JUDGMENT IN A
CRIMINAL CASE as to Aaron
Starks (2). THE DEFENDANT:
pleaded guilty to count One 1
(1). IMPRISONMENT: Seventy-two
(72) months. The court makes
the following recommendations
to the Bureau of Prisons: The
Court recommends that the
defendant be designated to FCI
Fort Dix, or, if that is
unavailable, a facility as
close as possible to the New
York City area as possible to
facilitate family visits. The
Court also recommends that the
defendant be placed in a GED
program and vocational
training programs. The
defendant shall surrender for
service of sentence at the
institution designated by the
Bureau of Prisons: before 2
p.m. on 1/10/2023. SUPERVISED
RELEASE: Three (3) years.
ASSESSMENT: $100.00 due
immediately. (Signed by Judge
Paul A. Engelmayer on
11/4/2022)."
The case is US v.
Perez, 21-cr-499
(Engelmayer)
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