| 10 Charged with
Kidnap of Bronx Minor Asked for
Co Defendant Meeting Now 1
Pleads
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Nov 19 – 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 July
22, when counsel for
co-defendant Jadel Araujo
wrote in request a date in
September for a change of plea
before the District Judge. It
was granted: "as to Jadel
Araujo - A plea hearing is
hereby scheduled to proceed in
this case on September 4,
2024, at 11:30 A.M. DE 185
resolved. SO ORDERED."
On August 9
counsel to co-defendant Ortega
filed motions for discovery,
narrating that "she never laid
a hand on the victim. Rather,
she complained to the
co-defendants who were
assaulting him that they
should stop, she asked one of
the co-defendants to give
water to the victim."
On November 19 a
co-defendant pled guilty: "
Change of Plea Hearing as to
Joshua Torres held on
11/19/2024. Defendant Joshua
Torres sworn. Defendant
withdrew not guilty plea,
waived reading of the
Indictment and entered a plea
of guilty as to Count One (1)
of the Indictment. PSI
ordered. Sentencing is
scheduled for 3/4/2025 at
2:30pm for this case.
Defendant continued remanded."
The case is
US v. Castillo, et al.,
23-cr-279 (Swain)
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