| 10 Charged with Kidnap of
Bronx Minor Asked for Co Defendant
Meeting Now Night Dispute
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 13 – Ten defendants are
charged with conspiracy to
kidnap a minor, following a
robbery of a marijuana
business in The
Bronx. On March 27
they appeared, most of them in
custody, before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Chief
Judge Laura Taylor Swain.
Inner City Press was
there.
The
Assistant US Attorney said
that some of the phones have
yet to be "cracked" for
purposes of discovery. A next
conference was set for June 18
at 2:30 pm.
One defense
lawyer said there is an
interest in a co-defendants'
meeting, but that he doubted
MDC-Brooklyn would agree to
host it. Chief Judge Swain
asked the Marshals if it would
be possible in the courthouse.
By
the proceeding's end, she was
told that the Marshals could
try to arrange it, if given
advance notice.
Jump cut to June
13, when a defense lawyer's
reply was ordered by June 17:
"The Government respectfully
writes in opposition to
defendant Jesus Alberto
Bautista Suero's request to
modify the conditions of his
pretrial release. As discussed
below, the defendant is
charged with assaulting and
kidnapping a 16-year-old
victim, in the middle of the
night, while serving as
security at a location that
sold marijuana in the Bronx.
Given this history, the
Government strongly opposes a
modification that would allow
the defendant to work
security, in the middle of the
night, at three night clubs
located near the same place
where he committed the
kidnapping.... ENDORSEMENT:
The Defendant is hereby
directed to file a reply in
support of his request for a
modification of his bail
conditions by June 17, 2024,
at 12:00 p.m."
The case is
US v. Castillo, et al.,
23-cr-279 (Swain)
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