| As Man
Who Fired 11
Shots At Bronx
Nightclub Gets
87 Months
Screaming in
the Courtroom
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 28 – Jonathan Laureano
fired 11 shots at a crowd
outside a Bronx nightclub on
September 10, 2022. He was up
for sentencing on August 28,
2023 before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Valerie E. Caproni. Inner City
Press is covering the case,
and went to the sentencing,
which ended in screaming from
the gallery and in the hall.
The
SDNY prosecutors wanted the
top of the guideline for felon
in possession of ammunition:
87 months.
The
defense wanted 48 months,
citing Laureano's history.
They say his mother Milagros
Carrero was drug addicted and
died when he was 16.
"His father re-established
contact, and moved into the
family's apartment," then
moved out, abandoning Jonathan
and his brother, Carlos.
"Carlos has not survived this
trauma any better than
Jonathan; he is currently
incarcerated in New
Jersey."
While that
is sourced to the
Pre-Sentencing Report, the
defense objects to the PSR:
"his unmentioned sister,
Mayling Carrero, is 30 and
lives in Connecticut. Also,
one sister is named Taisha
Laureano, not Tisha, and is
38, not 41; and his brother,
John Cruz, is 41 or 42, not
40." The PSR is, of course,
sealed.
On August
28, Inner City Press went to
the sentencing. In the gallery
were relatives, including the
mother of Laureano's son.
Judge Caproni pointed out that
the shooting happened soon
after his son's birth, and
sentenced him to 87 months.
His son's mother shouted and
ran out into the hall. Court
Security Officers were called;
a person on the elevator said,
This is exciting.
The case is
US v. Laureano, 22-cr-670
(Caproni)
More, from
Endless Sentences on Substack
here
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