| Defendant
Pled Guilty in Hobbs Act Robbery Without
an Agreement Now Wants 2 Years
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY EXCLUSIVE,
Oct 1 - In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on December 7, a detention or
bond proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Valerie
Figueredo on 19 year old
charged with being the
get-away driver for the armed
robbery of a clothing store.
Inner City Press
was present, the only media in
the Mag Court. Related
Mag Court live-tweeted
thread (more on Patreon
here)
vlog here
This
defendant was Alex Stroman;
his father and mother and
older sister were in the
gallery.
Jump cut to
December 23, when this
defendant, just about to be
released, as again in
Magistrates Court. The US
Attorney's Office said he
threatened his landlord in
Brooklyn, saying you can't
throw me out of the apartment,
and, You'll see.
What
emerged is that his mother
lived there, Section 8, until
her death. He was unable to
get it put into his name and
the landlord wants him out by
December 31, especially after
the FBI raise with flashbang
grenades.
But the AUSA did
not have the jail call on
audio; Judge Gabriel W.
Gorenstein continued the
release, adding a condition
that only the defendant's
father should deal with the
landlord.
On January 9, his
two co-defendants both in
custody were arraigned in the
case, and pushed the next
conference to March 28. The
theft of $50,000 of clothes
was alleged, as a young girl
in the gallery played quietly
with a purple dinosaur toy.
Jump cut to
February 15, 2024 - Stroman
had pleaded guilty, and now
faced presumptive remand. But
Judge Furman's Chavez decision
about the MDC was cited - as
well as Judge Cronan's
distinguishing of it in
Cabral. Thread
[Note: the
judge left the courtroom to
think.
When he returned,
he ordered Stroman remanded.
Jump cut
to October 1, 2024, when
co-defendant Dudley's lawyer
filed a sealed mitigation
report and a sentencing memo
asking for 24 months, noting
that there was not plea
agreement. Sentencing is set
for October 15.
The case is US v.
Wells, et al., 23-cr-7 (Woods)
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