| Stokes Stole Food Stamps in
EDNY Now Gets Belatedly Misdemeanor Deal in
SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 23 –
Gerard Stokes was indicted in
2015 for 2012 to 2013 felony
identity theft and stealing of
SNAP food stamps funds,
"county of officer Bronx and
New York."
On July 23 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge John G. Koeltl held a
change of plea proceeding.
Inner City Press covered it.
Now, AUSA
Daniel Richenthal presented
Stokes - in this proceeding a
seemingly man and humble man -
as guilty only of a
misdemeanor, with penalty
capped at $25,000.
Judge
Koeltl quoted the statute with
the cap at $100,000.
After break, as Stokes
walked home, Richenthal agreed
it was an error, that $100,000
was the right number.
But still,
what explained the down-shift
to a misdemeanor? Stokes'
lawyer Steve Zissou thanked
the judge for being "so
patient." Was this a
cooperator?
In the
allocuation, Stokes after
turning on his fan said he'd
used the EBT cards at BJs in
Queens, Brooklyn and on Long
Island, not in Manhattan or
the Bronx - the
SDNY.
AUSA Richenthal
cut in that HRA is based in
Manhattan and that Stokes
waived venue. Whatever.
It was and is a
strange proceeding, with
sentencing on November 20.
The case is US v.
Stokes, 16-cr-170 (Koeltl)
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