| For 5 Armed
Robberies in April from Subway
to Dunkin Donuts Hardy Now
Pleads Guilty
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 19 – Tyrone Hardy had a
bail hearing on April 23
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrate Judge Sarah L.
Cave. Inner City Press was
there, the only media in the
SDNY Mag court.
Thread:
Prosecutor: He is
charged with five armed
robberies - but we believe he
committed more than double
that, which we'll present to
the grand jury. When arrested,
he had a 9 mm in the truck of
his car, piles of cash in the
glove box..
Prosecutor: In a
post-arrest statement he
admitted to participating in
the five charged robberies,
and more including out in
Queens. He IDed himself in
security camera stills. (A
Dunkin Donuts on Broadway,
7/11 on 2d Av, stole $400, US
says)
Prosecutor: Every
step of the defendant's spree
was captured on video.
We seek detention.
Federal Defender:
The government has the burden
of the proof. Sure these are
serious charges. But there
were not injuries, no
discharge of firearm.
Federal Defender:
He has no criminal history in
New York. There was something
in Maryland. Pre-Trial
Services recommends release to
home confinement. He has
extensive ties to NY. He
attends church in NY. He is a
tattoo artist and has a
potential address
Federal
Defender: His release could be
conditioned on a visit to his
mother in law's house. His
phone, the police have it, it
has all his numbers on it.
Judge: Is
his tattoo work in a
particular location? Federal
Defender: He travels from job
to job Judge: Where does
his mother in law live?
Federal Defender: In
Manhattan.
Judge: US, he
used 2 guns?
Prosecutor:
We have seven robberies in
SDNY, and six outside, mostly
in Queens. All with guns. On
April 10, the Dunkin Donuts,
the employee wrestled the gun
away
Judge: Was
the first gun loaded?
Prosecutor: I'm
not 100% sure. As to no
injuries, it's only by the
grace of some higher
authority. If you look at the
video from the Dunkin Donuts,
even with a gun pointed at him
he went after the
employee
Prosecutor: He
told the agents he found the
robberies easy and started
doing them with a car, to do
multiples. He also said his
tattoo business is not
bringing in much. Judge: The
car, was it registered in his
name? Prosecutor: It was
rented, we don't know by
whom
Prosecutor: He
was being driven from robbery
to robbery by two women.
Judge: I'll take a break to
think about this. All rise!
[Judge retires to robbing
room.]
Judge is
back. Judge: Mr. Hardy, in
this case I find that the
government has met its burden
and you will be detained.
There is a presumption of
detention as these are crimes
of violence. You are a danger
to the community. Five armed
robberies, an
altercation
Judge: The US
says once you lost one gun in
the Dunkin Donuts
[altercation] you quickly got
another one. You had a loaded
firearm when arrested. You
will be detained.
On May 31,
Federal Defenders wrote
appealing Hardy's continued
detention, noting guns that
were unloaded and that he had
no prior criminal convictions
and as a tattoo artist would
have his clients come to him.
A hearing was held on June 5
at 4:30 before District Judge
Analisa Torres, apparently as
Part 1 judge, after her US v.
Guo trial day.
On July 2, with
the Guo trial now into the
defense case, Judge Torres
affirmed Magistrate Judge
Cave's detention of Hardy,
albeit finding that "At the
bail appeal hearing, the
parties disputed whether Hardy
also “push[ed] away a female
customer who was trying to
intervene” during the Subway
Robbery. Appeal Tr. at
6:7–7:2. Having reviewing the
footage, which appears to show
Hardy merely “plac[ing] his
arm out to create space,” the
Court agrees with defense
counsel’s characterization of
the events. Id. at 6:24–25."
But Judge Torres found both
danger and risk of flight, so
detention will continue.
On August 6 Hardy
was indicted and the case
assigned to Judge Victor
Marrero; later in the day the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
asking to schedule the initial
conference for August 22.
On August 22,
Judge Marrero referred the
arraignment to the Magistrates
Court, where Inner City Press
covered it. The plea was Not
guilty.
On December 19,
Hardy pled guilty to counts
5-7 before the Magistrate
Judge.
The case is USA
v. Hardy, 1:24-cr-465 (Marrero
/ Parker)
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