| Man
Indicted for
Armed Robbery
of Bronx
Dunkin Donut
Was Detained
Now Pleads
Guilty
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 12 – Leandre
Barnett on
July 17, 2023
was indicted
for allegedly
robbing a
Dunkin Donuts
on 132nd
Street and
Bruckner
Boulevard in
The Bronx on
October 30,
2021. Inner
City Press is
covering the
case.
The
initial
complaints
recount that
Leandre was in
CC-1's phone
as "Dre" and
on the morning
of October 30,
2021 texted
CC-1 "Bouta
try some money
sh*t out real
quick trynna
find
something."
When
CC-1 replied,
"I was about
to rob Dunkin'
Donuts,"
Barnett
replied "I'm
wit it" and
later "Gotta
ski on u,"
which
prosecutors
says refers to
wearing a ski
mask.
They
say that
Barnett
delivered
contraband to
his inmate
brother in 1
Hallack
Street, The
Bronx on April
14, 2023 - and
there had his
phone seized
and searched,
unearthing the
evidence.
On
July 25,
Barnett
appeared
before SDNY
Magistrate
Judge Valerie
Figueredo and
was arraigned
- and ordered
released on
$100,000 bond
with father
and mother to
sign, to live
with his
grandmother in
Yonkers with
only a flip
phone, no
phone with
Internet
access.
"Defendant to
be detained
until all
conditions are
met" - with an
appearance
before Chief
Judge Laura
Taylor Swain
on August 1 at
11:30 am.
Inner
City Press
went. Chief
Judge Swain
solicited and
listened to
Barnett's
lawyer's
arguments,
including that
in fleeing the
police
precinct his
client had
panicked. (He
hastened to
add that he
was not
offering an
excuse).
The
Assistant US
Attorney said
that
Magistrate
Judge
Figueredo had
not been able
to see the
video(s) of
the Dunkin
Donut
incident.
(Neither has
the public).
An open case
in North
Carolina was
cited.
Judge
Swain told a
moment then
explained she
would detain
Barnett on
danger to the
community
groups. She
thanked
Barnett's
friends and
family in the
courtroom for
accepting it.
In
January 2024,
a guilty plea:
"Minute Entry
for
proceedings
held before
Judge Laura
Taylor Swain:
Change of Plea
Hearing as to
Leandre
Barnett (1)
held on
1/10/2024.
Defendant
sworn.
Defendant
waived reading
of the S1
Indictment and
entered a plea
of guilty as
to Count Three
(3) of the S1
Indictment.
PSI ordered.
Sentencing is
scheduled for
5/1/2024 at
11:00am.
Defendant
continued
remanded."
The
case is
US v. Barnett,
23-cr-353
(Swain /
Figueredo)
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