| Bronx Bomb Builder Christian
Toro Sentenced to 70 Months In Prison Above 46
Month Guideline
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 22 – Christian Toro who
has a teacher at charter high
school in Harlem assembled a
bomb and asked a student to
call in a bomb threat received
a 70 month prison sentence on
May 22 from U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Richard M.
Berman. The
sentencing
guidelines, as
agreed to in
Christian
Toro's plea
agreement with
the office of
U.S. Attorney
Geoffrey S.
Berman, were
37 to 46
months.
After
summarizing
the Federal
Defenders'
arguments for
a time-served
sentence,
Berman asked
Christian Toro
directly why
he had
assembled a
bomb,
including
improved
napalm and
ball bearings.
After some
whispering,
Christian Toro
said he and
his brother
Tyler Toro,
still to be
sentenced, had
been exposed
to fireworks
from an early
age.
This did not
work. Judge
Berman said,
We cannot just
have
unexplained
bombs in
middle class
apartments in
The Bronx. He
said he had
never before
sentenced
above the
guidelines in
a plea
agreement, but
would do so in
this case.
Perhaps
channeling the
movie Network,
Judge Berman
said It is
time we wake
up to
unacceptable
behavior. He
chided
Christian
Toro's family
and friends
for not
stopping him.
Then he
imposed a 70
month
sentence.
Tyler Toro's
sentencing
submission
includes a
certificate
from Iron
Chef, ironic
perhaps given
the references
to the ball
bearings in
the Bronx
apartment.
Inner City
Press will
continue to
cover this
case, and the
context.
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