| Pregnant
Woman Charged
with Fake
Marriage Was
Detained in
SDNY Now Gets
Time Served
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 13 – Jessica Perez was
charged with trying to become
a US citizen via a false
marriage in Queens, New York,
in August 2018.
On October
17, 2023 she was before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge James L.
Cott. Inner City Pres was
there, the only media in the
SDNY Mag Court. At the end, it
was asked to leave.
But
first, Judge Cott said that he
had rebuffed a request by the
Assistant US Attorney to make
an ex parte presentation.
It is
unclear of what it would then
have consisted: Perez was
being ordered detained, with
her earrings to be removed or
cut off in the MDC. The
indictment lists an a/k/a:
Jessica Bedoya Cifuentes.
As she was
led out she said "amor" to a
man in the gallery. She is
pregnant.
Then the
same AUSA came back into the
courtroom. Inner City Press
followed. Judge Cott said,
this is an ex parte proceeding
like I would hold in my
chambers.
Inner City
Press asked, Is it being
recorded, so that will be a
transcript? Judge Cott said
politely that he didn't know.
Jump cut to May
31, 2024 - Jessica Perez pled
guilty: "Minute Entry for
proceedings held before Judge
Vernon S. Broderick:Change of
Plea Hearing as to Jessica
Perez held on 5/31/2024.
Defendant Jessica Perez,
present with Retained Counsel.
Defendant pleaded Guilty to
Count Two of the S1
Indictment. The sentencing is
scheduled for September 11,
2024. Defendant's request to
remove the GPS is denied, she
is to continue with GPS
monitoring
On August 29,
Perez's lawyer filed asking
for time served or, in the
alternative, one year of
supervised release.
On September 3
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in asking for zero to six
months.
On September 11,
she was sentenced to time
served, three years of
supervised release.
US v.
Perez, 23-cr-525 (Broderick /
Cott)
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