| Man on Trial for
Robbing Busking Cellist Has 1
Juror with Skateboard and
Another from Mt.
Sinai
by
Matthew & Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 4– A man charged with
robbing a busking cellist in
New York's Herald Square
subway station is on trial in
100 Centre Street before
Justice Robert M.
Mandelbaum.
On June 4 his
lawyer cross examined the
arresting police officer about
the value of things stolen,
including the busker's
amplifier. Inner City Press
was there and live tweeted:
Defense
lawyer: So, in the cello case,
there was $350 in cash?
NYPD Officer:
Yes.
Defense: And the
cello, and an amp worth $900?
NYPD Officer:
Yes. [The cellist was part of
the MTAs official music
program]
Now video of the
defendant, handcuffed, at the
desk in the MTA police station
in Columbus Circle station.
Officer counts the cash
dramatically in front of a
stationary camera
Defense ends cross; no
re-direct. Witness, last of
the day, leaves.
Then a juror
asks: Can I bring my
skateboard with me tomorrow?
Judge: They will probably
voucher it. They do not want
people riding in the
hallway.
Jurors file
directly out -- then one was
called in. He works at Mount
Sinai and may have - that is,
cannot rule out having -
worked with the doctor who
treated the victim. Either
way, he said, he can be
fair.
Two stories down,
more indeterminacy: a
defendant pleading guilty as
Elizabeth was referred to as
"Mister" by Justice April A.
Newbauer. For repeated
violations of orders of
protection, legalized as
criminal contempt, the agreed
sentence is one and a half to
three years. The sentencing
was set for July 2. The
defendant was taken back into
detention.
***
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