| Man
Detained For Bomb Threat at SDNY Wrote in
Pro Se of Delay now to be Released to
Father
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY MAG COURT
EXCLUSIVE, Nov 13 - In
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York on November 29, a
detention or bond proceeding
was held by Magistrate Judge
Stewart D. Aaron on a man
arrested the previous day for
saying he would bomb the US
Attorney's Office at One St.
Andrew's Plaza.
He made the
threat inside the security
screening area, dropping a
FedEx box on the ground which
had handwritten on it, "This
is a bomb."
Inner City
Press is on it, the only media
in the Mag Court.
The
defendant Taylor Cascio was
appointed a lawyer under the
Criminal Justice Act, or
actually two. But they did not
make an argument for release
on bond, instead consenting to
detention.
The
Complaint says Cascio
previously "conveyed a false
bomb threat to a security
guard at the Jacob K. Javits
Federal Office Building on
March 10, 2022."
In May 2023
Magistrate Judge Cott excluded
time prospectively, and
unsealed then resealed a
document apparently about
competency. From then until
this writing in February 2024,
nothing in the docket. On
February 5, 2024, Inner City
Press published this question:
where is Taylor Cascio?
On February
23, an answer was docketed -
Taylor Cascio, pro se, filed
for bail, ineffective
assistance of counsel, "to
compel speedy trial and to set
aside judgment of
incompetence."
On March 1, Chief
Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn
ruled: "The Government and
Counsel for the Defendant are
ORDERED to meet and confer in
connection with this
application and, by March 11,
2024, file a letter."
But the letter
was sealed.
On October 29,
docketed was Cascio's October
22 email "motion for any sort
of court appearance at all,"
which argues that his lawyer
and the prosecutors are
essentially pretending to
negotiate in a ruse to
circumvent the Speedy Trial
Act.
On November 1
Judge Netburn to her credit
ordered: "the parties are
ORDERED to schedule a
substitution of counsel
appearance with the Magistrate
Judge on duty in Courtroom 5A
before November 15, 2024."
Inner City Press
was in the Magistrates Court
on November 13 when Cascio was
brought it. After nearly two
years, now the AUSA said they
are considering a deferred
prosecution agreement and
would agree to release on
bail, to defendant's father
(name given in court but we
voluntarily do not publish),
with no entry of government
buildings without Pre-Trial
Services' consent.
But his
father was not able to be
present and so Judge Ona T.
Wang asked Cascio to remain
patient one more day.
The case is US v.
Cascio, 22-mj-9601 (Netburn)
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