| Man Jailed on Rikers Since
October Has Case Federalized
Speedy Trial Opposition Denied
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 1 – A man who had been
detained on Riker's Island
since October 2024 on gun
charges was presented on April
1, 2025 before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang.
Inner City Press was there,
the only media in the SDNY Mag
court.
The Federal
Defender consented to
detention while saying he was
ask for a bail hearing on or
before Friday.
The assigned
District Judge Colleen McMahon
had set a first appearance a
month out, on May 1.
The AUSA
asked the Speedy Trial Act
time be excluded - and the
Federal Defender
opposed.
Judge Wang
agreed to exclude time.
The case is
USA v. Thompson, 1:25-cr-124
(McMahon / Wang
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