| Bronx
Bodega Robbery
in May Yields
Murder Charge
against Rodney
Spratley Now
in SDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY EXCLUSIVE,
Aug 24 – Rodney Spratley,
while robbing a Bronx bodega
at 1665 Topping Avenue in May,
shot a man in the hip.
At the
time, the man was expected to
survive. But he was taken to
St. Barnabas Hospital on 183rd
Street.
On
August 24, 2023 Spratley was
presented before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrate Judge Sarah
Netburn. Inner City Press was
there, the only media in the
SDNY Mag court.
The charge,
now, included murder. The
victim died, and the case was
entirely sealed until the
presentment, no announcement
of which was made.
At the
time of arrest, Spratley's
mother said "He’s a good kid,
maybe a little lost and
confused. I can’t say he’s had
a perfect life. None of us
have. But I broke my back to
give him everything. He’s a
little troubled now, I
guess.”
And indicted for
murder.
The case is US v.
Spratley, 23-cr-283
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