| Man
Shown as Gunrunner from Arkansas Had Bail
Reversed Now Co Defendant Pleads Guilty
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY MAG COURT
EXCLUSIVE, Dec 4 - In
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York on December 8, 2022 a
detention or bond proceeding
was held by Magistrate Judge
Valerie Figueredo on a man
flown in on a detained from
Arkansas, charged with
transporting guns bought there
by straw men (or straw people)
and transporting them for sale
and use in The Bronx.
Inner City Press
was present, the only media in
the Mag Court. Related
Mag Court live-tweeted
thread (more on Patreon
here)
vlog here
The
defendant was Adoudulaye
Keita; his assigned CJA lawyer
asked for release on bond to
his father on Sheridan Avenue
in The Bronx with his mother
in Arkansas co-signing a bond.
The
Assistant US Attorney said
that a recorded jail call
caught Keita directing another
to look into a co-defendant in
the case, to see if they were
cooperating.
But when Judge
Figueredo asked if there was a
transcript of the call, she
was told there was an Excel
spreadsheet of quotes from the
call. That was never brought
to the Magistrates Court.
Perhaps,
then, to District Judge
Loretta A. Preska. When Keita
was ordered released once the
signatory condition are met,
the AUSA said they will be
appealing to Judge Preska.
And they did. On
December 12, Judge Preska
docketed this: "ORDER as to
Aboudulaye Keita. The parties
shall appear for a bail
hearing on December 13,
2022.... (Signed by Judge
Loretta A. Preska on
12/12/22)."
Keita's
lawyer said, again, the man on
the bus is not the head man.
But Judge Preska
cited the high speed car
chase, and previously
non-appearances. Keita was
ordered remanded.
Jump cut to
December 6, 2023 - in the
overall case a superseding
indictment was unsealed as to
co-defendant Aboubacar
Coulibaly, for Firearms
Trafficking Conspiracy.
On May 8, 2024,
Keita got 37 months with his
father in the courtroom
gallery, where Inner City
Press was too: "Minute Entry
for proceedings held before
Judge Loretta A. Preska:
Sentencing held on 5/8/2024
for Aboudulaye Keita (1) Count
1. Defendant Keita present
with his attorneys Jenna Dabbs
and Disha Verma. AUSA Jane
Chong present. The defendant
is sentenced to: 37 months
followed by 3 years of
supervised release." The
recommendation is for BOP
facility near Little Rock -
specifically, Forest City
On December 4,
2024, a co-defendant plead
guilty: "Change of Plea
Hearing as to Aboubacar
Coulibaly held on 12/4/2024.
Plea entered by Aboubacar
Coulibaly (5) Guilty as to
Count 1. The agreement is
acceptable to the Court. The
defendant withdraws his
previous plea of not guilty
and enters a plea of guilty to
Count One of the indictment.
Sentencing scheduled for March
26, 2025 at 10:30 am
Inner City Press
will continue to follow the
case(s).
The case is US v.
Keita, et al., 22-cr-435
(Preska / Figueredo)
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