| Three Charged With 2011
Murder Doze in SDNY Courtroom Amid Coronavirus
Pandemic
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 31 – In a Federal
courthouse nearly empty amid
the Coronavirus pandemic,
three murder defendants were
brought in handcuffs on March
31 to be presented before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang.
The
Magistrates Court, for social
distancing, has been moved up
to a large courtroom on the
24th floor of 500 Pearl
Street. There, mid-afternoon,
the three defendants sat at a
table with four law
enforcement personnel near
them. Inner City Press was the
only other person in the
courtroom.
The SDNY US
Attorney had announced earlier
in the afternoon the
"unsealing of an indictment
charging KEVIN TAYLOR, GARY
ROBLES, and MICHAEL MAZUR with
the October 31, 2011, murder
of Joshua Rubin in Brooklyn,
New York. All three
defendants were arrested today
and will be presented this
afternoon before United States
Magistrate Judge Ona T.
Wang. The case is
assigned to United States
District Judge Laura Taylor
Swain.
U.S. Attorney
Geoffrey S. Berman said:
'Over eight years ago, Joshua
Rubin’s life was taken.
As alleged in the Indictment,
these defendants were
responsible for that terrible
crime. Now, thanks to
the determination of our law
enforcement partners and the
Special Agents of our Office,
the defendants are charged in
federal court with murder.'
As alleged
in the Indictment unsealed
today in Manhattan federal
court: On October 31,
2011, TAYLOR, ROBLES, and
MAZUR robbed Rubin of
marijuana in the vicinity of
1021 McDonald Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York, and in the
course of that robbery Rubin
was shot and killed." The case
is US v. Taylor, et al.,
20-cr-227 (Swain / Wang).
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