| For Robbing a Bodega Owner
on Amsterdam Ave Epps Got 5 Years
Co-D Is Denied Bail
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 20 – For an armed robbery
of a bodega owner in his
apartment at Amsterdam and
West 91st Street, one
defendant was retained and one
released on bond in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
On March 7
both appeared before SDNY
Judge Lewis J. Liman. Inner
City Press was there, the only
media in the
courtroom.
Judge Liman
gave two more weeks to provide
discovery, and set a next
conference for June 3 (a
defense lawyer said he'd be on
a family ski trip to Steamboat
Springs, Colorado on the first
proposed date, May 28).
Judge Liman said
he would set a trial date at
that time.
On July 14 Judge
Liman set a trial date for
co-defendant Mangual: February
9, 2026, after the lead
defendant pled guilty on May
1.
Epps got five
years on August 20. In October
17, Mangual pled guilty, with
sentencing set for January 27
at 11 am.
On December 23
Inner City Press was in the
Magistrates Court when a third
defendant in the case was
brought in, Jose Rivera. His
CJA lawyer consented to
detention, on his last day in
the CJA Pool. A control date
of January 22 was set.
On January 15 he
white shoe CJA at Wachtell
Lipton wrote in asking for
release on bail, ascribing
prior criminal charges to,
inter alia, being hacked.
On January 19 -
MLK Day - the US Attorney's
Office wrote in opposing bail,
saying he used his time on the
run to commit another armed
robbery.
On January 20,
Judge Liman ordered:
"Government to determine and
file any superseding
indictment and to turn over
any additional discovery
within the next 6 weeks. The
Court heard argument from both
parties regarding defendant's
bail application. For the
reasons as stated on the
record, the Court finds there
is no condition or combination
of conditions that can
reasonably assure defendant's
appearance as required and the
safety to the community, so
the Court denies the
defendant's motion for bail.
Next Status Conference set for
March 5, 2026 at 10:00AM."
The overall
case is USA v. Epps, et al.,
1:25-cr-83 (Liman)
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