| Man Jailed on Interpol Red
Notice for Murder Said Victim Was
Alive Now Asks Time Served
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
July 2 – A man from the
Dominican Republic charged
with reentering the US
illegally was detained in
December 2023 due to an
Interpol red notice issued in
Santo Domingo, that he was
charged with a murder
there.
On January
8, 2024 Miguel Arcenio Plaza
Antigua was arraigned before
new U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrate Judge Robyn F.
Tarnofsky. Inner City Press
was there, the only media in
the SDNY Mag Court. He
pled not guilty.
The US
Attorney Office has said it
will finish producing
discovery by January 19.
The assigned
District Judge Lorna G.
Schofield scheduled a
conference for April 8 at
10:30 am.
On February 23
Plaza Antigua's Federal
Defender asked for a bond
hearing, and Judge Schofield
referred it to the Magistrates
Court where it was heard on
March 1. Inner City Press was
there, the only media in the
SDNY Mag Court. Federal
Defenders say that the victim
in the Interpol Red Notice -
which they file under seal -
is "alive and well and lives
in Yonkers." Plaza Antigua was
ordered freed on $100,000
bond.
Jump cut to May
3, 2024, a guilty plea:
"Minute Entry for proceedings
held before Magistrate Judge
Barbara C. Moses: Change of
Plea Hearing as to Miguel
Arcenio Plaza Antigua held on
5/3/2024. Defendant present
with counsel Andres M. Aranda.
A.U.S.A. Connie Dang present
for the Government. Spanish
interpreter present. Defendant
withdraws plea of not guilty
and enters a plea of guilty to
Count One of the Indictment.
Magistrate Judge Moses
recommends that District Judge
Schofield accept the plea. PSI
ordered. Detention continued.
Control date: July 2, 2024."
On July 2, the
defense wrote in and asked for
time served. Sentencing is set
for July 16 at 1 pm.
The case is
US v. Plaza Antigua, 23-cr-677
(Schofield / Willis)
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