| Lead Defendant in Alleged
Car Theft Ring Was Ordered Free
Then Remanded by District Judge
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 11 – A stolen car ring
was has been charged in the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
- and the lead defendant,
after being ordered free on
bail, has had that stayed
until at least 2:30 pm on June
11.
On June 9
the US Attorney's Office
announced it was "charging 13
defendants in connection with
operating a stolen car ring
involving approximately 100
stolen cars worth millions of
dollars. The defendants
are charged with conspiracy to
possess and sell stolen
vehicles, wire fraud, and
conspiracy to commit wire
fraud. Nine of the
defendants were arrested today
and seven were presented in
Manhattan federal court before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer
E. Willis. The remaining
two defendants will be
presented tomorrow."
Inner City
Press was the only media in
the Mag Court on June 10 when
lead named defendant Pena
Brito was presented.
Magistrate Judge Willis
ordered him free on bond -
then the AUSA asked for a stay
to appeal to District Judge
Denise L. Cote.
Judge Willis
issued a stay until 10 am on
June 10. Then Judge Cote
docketed that the stay would
be extended to 2:30 pm when
she'll hold a hearing.
Inner City Press
went at 2:30 pm, where the
Assistant US Attorney
described fake IDs and the
difficult of apprehension: a
Sting Ray device tracked
defendant's phone to just
inside an apartment door he
didn't not open. Defense
counsel said a woman had a gun
put to her head; the AUSA said
she came out when only one
officer remained their, who
point his gun at her and told
her to lie on the ground.
Inside, the defendant was
found in a bedroom - and now
ordered remanded.
The case is
USA v. Pena Brito, et al.,
1:26-cr-216 (Cote / Willis)
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