| Bronxite Gamoneda Lost Bail
Hearing Now Pleads Guilty in SDNY
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 15 –
Marvin Gamoneda was arrested
on February 12, 2020 as part
of a Bronx drug gang case and
has been detained since in the
Metropolitan Correctional
Center in lower Manhattan.
On April 10 amid the COVID-19
pandemic his lawyer argued for
his release, saying among
other things that the U.S.
Bureau of Prisons is
underperforming and that the
MCC is a "Petri dish" for the
virus.
His lawyer
told U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge John G. Koeltl that
the MCC says they have
capacity for 40 legal calls a
day, for all inmates. That is
not enough. Just because
we're all overwhelmed doesn't
mean we can rip up the
Constitution. Mr Gamoneda
deserves at least one legal
call a week.
US
Attorney Andrew Andrew Chan
said that Gamoneda is a member
of the "Woodycrime" gang in
The Bronx; he is responsible
for a shooting in a playground
[the Nelson Playground] full
of men, women and
children.
Judge
Koeltl asked, He got 1 to 3
years in 2013? And the others
were all related to
marijuana?
AUSA Chan replied, Yes. But
while in jail he planned what
to do once he got out...
Judge
Koeltl ultimately ruled that
the government has shown there
are no combination of
condition that could
reasonably assure the presence
of the defendant. The charges
are serious and the evidence
seems strong, of a substantial
narcotics conspiracy and guns,
and a shooting.
On March
15, Gamoneda pleaded guilty,
and Inner City Press covered
it. Judge Koeltl ordered, "
The case against Luilly
Fernandez is severed from the
case against Marvin Gamoneda.
The schedule with respect to
Marvin Gamoneda remains
unchanged. The Court will hold
a status conference for the
case against Luilly Fernandez
on May 3, 2021 at 9:00 am."
Later the
US Attorneys' Office press
office put out a press
release; no notice of the
guilty plea was given in
advance, as the EDNY office
gives.
This case is US
v. Gamoneda, 20-cr-109
(Koeltl).
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