SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 11 – A man who
was arrested trying to pick up a package of drugs mailed
from Puerto Rico came to plead guilty on February 24 before
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge Dale E. Ho. Inner City Press was
there.
The Complaint describes a UPS location in The Bronx, and
defendant Mena as saying the package contained clothes, for
his sick mother, and a safe "which he needed immediately."
He said he was going to re-sell the safe.
He consented to a search of the safe, which contained
stamped bricks of campaign. Judge Ho read out
the agreed sentencing guideline: 46 to 57 months. Sentencing
is set for June 5 at 10:30 am.
On May 11, Judge Ho granted co-defendant Gonzalez' request
to travel to Florida from May 25 to May 29 to dispose of a
Florida home.
On July 15 the US Attorney's Office wrote in asking to a 60
day delay for plea talks and discovery on co-defendants
Terry and Gonzalez.
On September 9, Judge Ho docketed that he had been informed
that the PRS for the lead name defendant will be delayed
until October 30. He asked the parties to confer and propose
new dates for the sentencing hearing by September 11.
On September 11 the sentencing was pushed back to November
6 at 2 pm.
The overall case is USA v. Auringer, 1:25-cr-156 (Ho)