| After 2
Marshals Shot In The Bronx Man Who
Sheltered Fugitive Shooter Is Freed On
Bond
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 7 – Days
after two Deputy U.S. Marshals
were shot in The Bronx, the
man who is accused of
sheltering the fugitive
shooter and lying to the
Marshals that he wasn't there
were freed on
bond.
On December
7, U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of NEw York
Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn
held the bail hearing. Inner
City Press live tweeted it,
here:
Now in
SDNY, detention hearing for
GRANT GRANDISON charged with
false statements to federal
agents and harboring Andre K.
Sterling, wanted for Nov
20 shooting of a state trooper
in Massachusetts, in his Bronx
apartment.
Grandison has a
Federal Defender, who will be
making a bail argument.
Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn
is presiding.
AUSA: This case
involves risk that defendant
would flee. He lied to the
Marshals - and it could have
been worse
AUSA: The firearm
that Sterling had still had
five bullets in it. He allowed
Sterling to stay with him;
Sterling told him not to tell
anyone he was there. He knew
Sterling was wanted to a
shooting in Massachusets. The
defendant was arrested in 2017
for firearms
AUSA: He got into
a diversionary program, and
got out of it in 2019. That
doesn't give him license to
harbor a fugitive. He got a
break from NJ, but then
allowed a violent fugitive to
stay in his apartment.
AUSA: Page 3 of
the Pre-Trial Services report,
he says he makes $600 a month
-but spends a lot more. So we
think he could flee. He
traveled recently to Jamaica
and Bali (!) In terms of
danger, harboring a fugitive
is a danger to the Marshals
and to the community
Federal Defender:
He merely opened the door.
It's a stretch to say he "gave
Sterling time" for the
shooting. There's no basis to
say he condoned it. He is a 35
year old man. He is a business
owner, with his wife. There no
mandatory minimum here.
AUSA: It's
not accurate to say he merely
opened the door. He should
have put his hands up and
pointed and said, He's in
there. Instead, he lied. And
two deputy Marshals were shot,
and a police officer was
injured. He should be
detained.
Judge
Netburn: You've made it clear
the defendant did not have any
gun. The news that 2 of our
own were shot ran like
wildfire in the courthouse. I
understand they'll be out of
the hospital shortly, and
we're grateful. But is Mr.
Grandison a risk of flight?
No.
Judge: There's no
evidence he has violence in
his history. So there are bail
conditions I can set. [Some
might opine that EDNY
prosecutors would appeal such
a decision to the 2d Circuit.
Here?]
Judge: So, home
detention. You can go to work,
in party planning. AUSA:
Nothing further from the
government. [No request for
stay, no appeal to Part 1]
Judge: We're
adjourned. Stay safe.
The case is US v.
Grandison, 20-mj-___ (Netburn)
***
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