| Man IDed As Machete
Wielding Robber Was Freed Now US
Asks 117 Month Sentence
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, Dec 11
– A defendant accused of
participating in a machete and
bb-gun robbery of a
convenience store was up for a
bond hearing on September 9
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrate Judge Stewart
D. Aaron. Inner City Press was
there, the only media in the
SDNY Mag court.
Judge
Aaron asked the prosecutor
what evidence he had against
this defendant, beyond a
cooperator identifying him at
the person in the mask in
images not available to the
public or press in the
indictment.
The
Assistant US Attorney,
referring to these same
images, referred to black and
white shoelaces.
After
taking a break with Pre-Trial
Service, Judge Aaron ordered
the defendant released on
$50,000 bond with
co-signers.
The AUSA
asked for a stay in order to
appeal to the assigned
District Judge George B.
Daniels, and that was
granted.
Judge Daniels
upheld the released on bond.
Jump cut to July
29 when Perez pled guilty,
with sentencing set for
December 3, then pushed to
January 21, 2026.
On Moises
Hernandez de la Cruz, who pled
guilty back on May 21, on
October 31 the US Attorney's
Office wrote in asking for 41
months on November 5.
On November 5 he
got 36 months.
On December 8
counsel to Juan Lopez, quoting
him that "if my father was
there for me, I wouldn't be
here," asked for 63 month for
him prior to deportation to
the DR.
On December 11
the US wrote in asking for 117
months.
The case
is US v. Perez, et al.,
24-cr-528 (Daniels / Aaron)
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