| Man Charged With Robbing
Bronx Bank with Fake Gun Is Freed
in SDNY on $250000 Bond
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 23 – A man charged with
robbing a bank on Sedwick
Avenue in The Bronx with an
imitation gun was released on
$250,000 bond on October 23 in
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrates Court. Inner
City Press was there, the only
media in the SDNY Mag Court.
Thread:
AUSA: We allege
he also committed an armed
robbery of a pizzeria, a Papa
John's on Aug 23 for $1500,
and another bank. He
car-jacked a cab. The gun
turned out to be fake. But it
terrified them.
AUSA: During the
robbery his hat fell off. He
bought another one. He was
wearing a sleeveless hoody
showing a tattoo that can be
seen right now in the
courtroom [He is in a
sleeveless T-shirt]
Federal Defender:
He requires blood thinners. He
is the home health aide for
his brother who had his legs
amputated. Having once had a
gun point at me, I don't want
to minimize that - but his
only conviction, in Fort Lee
NJ, was long ago.
FD: He lives in
his mother's house. Judge:
Does she own it free and
clear, to put it up as
security? FD: We don't know,
she is traveling in the
Dominican Republic.
AUSA: If you
release him, make it home
confinement Judge: He has not
been charged for any pizzeria
robbery. His gun was not real.
He is a naturalized citizen. I
will release him on a $250,000
bond; one co-signer must be
his mother
Judge: No
possession of a fire arm - or
of an imitation fire arm. He
can be released today. The
case is US v. Martinez,
24-mj-3654 (Stein)
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