| Britt Jackson Was Arrested
in Georgia and Brought to SDNY But Without His
ID Unable to Fly
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 25 -- Britt Jackson was
arrested in Georgia as part of
a bank fraud case and was
transported north to the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
On March
25, Magistrate Judge Sarah L.
Cave ordered him released on
$50,000 bond with travel
restricted to the SDNY, EDNY
and the Middle District of
Georgia.
There was
only one problem: where was
Britt Jackson's driver's
license and wallet? The
Marshals said it must still be
with law enforcement in
Georgia. But how then was
Britt Jackson to travel back
to Georgia?
Judge Cave
suggested that Jackson arrange
his own way back, since it
might take the Marshals
Service some time. But without
a driver's license, Jackson
cannot fly. It seems he will
take the bus, or more
musically, a midnight train.
Inner City Press will continue
to follow this case.
Back on March 19 the lead
named defendant in the case
Prince Uko came at 2 pm to be
arraigned in the SDNY
Magistrates Court.
But in this
time of Coronavirus, the usual
4:30 pm cut off for same day
presentments has been pushed
earlier, to noon. So Prince
Uko returned to the SDNY on
March 20.
The
Magistrates Court remains on
the 24th floor in a larger
than normal courtroom to allow
social distancing. In the
lobby outside the courtroom,
where Midtown Manhattan was
not visible due to fog,
folding chairs had been set
up, each six feet from the
other. But they were all
empty.
In the
courtroom, presided over by
SDNY Chief Magistrate Judge
Gabriel W. Gorenstein, Prince
Uko had a publicly-funded
Criminal Justice Act lawyer
appointed, and pled not
guilty. He is charged with
bank fraud.
The
Assistant US Attorney
told Judge Gorenstein a
bail package, the same as in
Georgia, had been agreed to.
Judge Gorenstein asked her to
spell it out, rejected some of
the item as already being
covered by law.
The AUSA
mentioned "stand alone GPS
monitoring" and Gorenstein
said, Stop. He noted, as Inner
City Press first reported this
week, that there is a lack of
GPS bracelet. The Pre Trial
Services officer, sitting in
the jury box, said there is a
shipment on the way - but that
Prince Uko already has a
bracelet on.
So how did he
travel to New York from
Georgia? The case is back on
in front of assigned Judge
Denise L. Cote on May 8, at
least scheduled for now.
Due to
Coronavirus - Judge Gorenstein
notably was wearing gloves -
she has allowed Prince Uko's
co-defendants to get
Provisionally Appointed
Counsel without showing up in
person.
The case is
US v. Uko, et al, 20-cr-179
(Cote / Gorenstein).
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