| Ex
NYPD Ed Mullins Gets Until June 2 to
Review Discovery Seized From PBA HQ
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 17 – In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on February 23, a detention or
release proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Gabriel W.
Gorenstein on former NYPD
Sargeant and union official Ed
Mullins, who was released on
$250,000 personal recognizance
bond and had no comment
(unlike Sarah Palin) out on
Worth Street.
Another condition
of release: "no contact with
members / officers of SBA
relating to the allegations in
the Information."
The US
Attorney's Office says,
"Damian Williams, the United
States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
announced today that EDWARD D.
MULLINS, the former President
of the Sergeants Benevolent
Association (“SBA”), the union
that represents all current
and former Sergeants of the
New York City Police
Department, was charged with
one count of wire fraud in
connection with a scheme to
steal hundreds of thousands of
dollars from the SBA, through
the submission of fraudulent
expense reports. MULLINS
surrendered to the FBI in
Manhattan this morning, and
was presented before U.S.
Magistrate Judge Gabriel W.
Gorenstein. The case has
been assigned to United States
District Judge John G.
Koeltl."
On March 17,
Inner City Press went to cover
the case before Judge Koeltl
and live tweeted, here:
OK - for NYPD's
Mullins, now outside Judge's
door for listed 2:30
proceeding. Three prosecutors
here. But it's locked.
Now in courtroom,
Mullins and two lawyers, one
in a 3-piece suit. He's Mark
Mukasey. All rise!
AUSA says parties
agree to 45 day continuance,
for discovery seized from SBA
HQ under warrants.
Judge: So
conference in 60 some days.
Mukasey: Mr Mullins was a cop
for 40 years and honorably for
most of it. Judge: Next is
June 2 at 2:30.
The case is US v.
Mullins, 22-cr-120
(Koeltl / Gorenstein).
Inner City
Press covers the Magistrates
Court, sometimes alone in the
gallery, but that was not the
case on February 23 - there
was much interest, and an
overflow room, 20B.
Compare to a
one-correspondent presentment
last week on February
18. That defendant's
name was
Kelvin
Malley, and
the ammunition
charged was
a 9-millimeter
Aguila shell
casing and 22
9-millimeter
cartridges.
That he was processed and arraigned
by phone and released
on bond was explained
by
that he is COVID
positive.
The case was US
v. Mally,
22-cr-29 (Hellerstein / Aaron)
Just below
that proceeding there was a
scheduled appointment of
counsel for a Ms. Blanks,
described as a witness
(presumably for the US
Attorney's Office). But Ms.
Blanks after first saying she
couldn't hear Judge Aaron over
the phone then, when he raised
his voice, said You don't have
to talk to me like that. She
called him racist and hung up.
It remains unclear in what
case the US Attorney's Office
seeks to use Ms. Blanks and if
defense counsel in that case
will get this information as
3500 material in discovery.
***
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