| Man Arrested After 2 Bronx
Shooting Found with Ammo So
Hearing in April on Triggerfish
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 17 – A man charged with
two shootings in The Bronx in
February 2024 - one in an
apartment building, another in
a corner deli - was brought
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Vernon S. Broderick
on September 5. Inner City
Press was there, the only
media in the
courtroom.
The
defendant, in an orange
jumpsuit, has been detained
since March 19. Judge
Broderick asked about the
proof that the apartment and
room in which the vest with
the ammo in it was found were
those of the defendant, in
order to determine if an
evidentiary hearing will be
necessary.
The
Assistant US Attorney,
referring to a "trigger fish"
leading to the apartment, said
the vest was in plain view in
the bedroom.
On February 11
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in for an evidentiary hearing
on April 24, 25 or 26 about
defendant's motion to
suppress, with list of
uploaded exhibits including
body-worn camera footage and
shell casings.
On February 17
the Office wrote in again,
that "agents simply took the
extra step of attempting to
confirm that the phone they
were seizing was the
defendant's - and was, in
fact, the phone that cell site
location data and a
"triggerfish" device placed
inside the Apartment."
The case is
USA v. Mejia, 1:24-cr-212
(Broderick)
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