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Who Fled Bronx Drug Mill By Kicking Out
A/C Jailed Overnight, Seller Freed to
Father
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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EXCLUSIVE, April 7- In
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York on April 7, a series
detention or release
proceedings were held until 8
pm by new Magistrate Judge
Jennifer Willis after an early
morning police raid on a
fentanyl mill on the fourth
floor of 15 East 196th Street
in The Bronx.
One of the
final two defendants had sold
a kilo and a half of fentanyl
to an undercover agent, the
Assistant US Attorney told
Judge Willis. The other had
fled out of the drug mill
apartment upon the arrival of
the police by kicking out the
airconditioner and going up
the fire escape to an
apartment on the fifth floor.
He entered by kicking in the
airconditioner.
The
Criminal Justice Act lawyer
for the defendant charged with
selling the fentanyl said that
his client's father, an Uber
driver, was downstairs in the
courthouse. He asked for
permission to go down and get
him, which was granted.
But 15
minutes later, the lawyer had
not returned, and it was
nearing 8 pm.
Inner City
Press covers
the SDNY
Magistrates
Court as it
has The Bronx,
sometimes
as the only
media
in the
gallery, as it
was on April
7. It left and
sent to find
the lawyer and
the defenant's
father, ultimately
finding them
by the metal
detectors at
the 200 Worth
Street
entrance.
Back up on the
Magistrates
Court, Judge
Willis said
that the fentanyl
seller
could be
released upon
the signature
of his father
as moral
suasion. But
the defendant
who fled, and
who is not a
US citizens,
would have to
have a GPS bracelet
installed. It
being too late
to accomplish
that, he was
ordered detained
overnight.
His passport
was not
seized in the
drug mill
apartment. His
CJA lawyer
said his
client's
brother has
the passport
but his client
does not
know his brother's
number, it is
saved in the
contacts of
his phone the
police seized.
Judge
Willis said
the passport
should be
turned in as
soon and
possible, and with
the GPS the defendant
should not go near
an airport.
Inner City
Press will continue to follow
these cases.
This case is US
v. Cabral, et al., 22-mj-3223
(Willis)
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