| In SDNY Alleged Gang Member
Ruffat Now Pleads Guilty As US Said on MLK Day
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 5 – On Friday August 28,
2020 a defendant was processed
in the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrates Court, and
was ordered detained at least
until September 15. Inner City
Press covered it.
It
was before 5 pm when a
defendant named Ruffat
appeared before SDNY
Magistrate Judge Debra C.
Freeman. CJA lawyer Grainne
O'Neill - she spelled her name
and said it was Irish - argued
for release on bond.
But
Assistant US Attorney
Alexandra Rothman alleged gang
membership, and said that the
assigned District Judge, John
G. Koeltl, had scheduled a
proceeding on September
15.
Ruffat was
ordered detained as a danger
to the community.
On January 18,
MLK Day, AUSA Rothman
filed a letter with Judge
Koeltl that "the Government
understands that that
defendant intends to withdraw
his previous plea of not guilt
and enter a plea of guilty...
on February 5."
And on February
5, in a proceeding before
Judge Koeltl that Inner City
Press again covered, it
happened: guilty plea to Count
1. Sentencing is set for May
7.
The case is US v.
Ruffat, 20-cr-438 (Koeltl /
Freeman).
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