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Fentanyl Sales
on 129 Street
Man in Sling
Was Detained
in MDC US Gets
220 Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 14 – Cyron Lee was
arrested and charged with
fentanyl sales on Madison
Avenue near 129th Street in
Upper Manhattan.
On October
31 he appeared before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Gary Stein.
Inner City Press was there,
the only media in the SDNY Mag
court.
The
complaint described a red car
coming to buy, from 138th
Street in The Bronx, and a
text "Red it's the homie."
They called the drugs "yellow
t-shirts."
On
October 31, Lee had a sling on
his arm. He consented to
detention, but a response has
been sought from the MDC jail
if they can provide physical
therapy, if needed. A control
date of November 3 in the Mag
court has been set.
Inner City Press
covered that as well. The
medical director of the MDC is
away - it was asked, Is he on
vacation? Alternative
locations, where an inmate is
in a hospital bed but chained
by wrist or ankle to its
frame, were discussed. Judge
Stein indicated he would like
to remain on his case.
On November 14,
the case was indicted by the
grand jury and wheeled out to
District Judge Lewis A.
Kaplan.
On November 15,
co-defendant Rawson Lemons was
brought into the SDNY
Magistrates court. Inner City
Press was the only media
there. Lemons was appointed
counsel who consented to
detention.
On March 27 for a
March 28 conference, Judge
Kaplan signed an order
authorizing the use of force
to to remove the defendants
from the MDC and bring them to
court.
On June 11, 2025
he pleaded guilty. Then after
a series of sealed documents,
on August 28 the US wrote in
asking for 20 years.
On
October 14,
2025 he was
sentenced to
220 months.
The case is USA
v. Lee, et al., 1:23-cr-591
(Kaplan)
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