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Lamor Whitehead Out on $500000 Bond Is
Denied List of Victims and Witnesses
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 20 - In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on the morning of December 19,
the talk was of flashy pastor
Lamor Whitehead, set to be
presented in the afternoon.
Inner City Press
was present, the only media in
the Mag Court in the morning
for three procedings. Related
Mag Court live-tweeted
thread (more on Patreon
here)
vlog here
In
EDNY earlier in the year,
Inner City Press reported on
Whitehead appearing in the Mag
Court there for two defendants
who robbed him of expensive
watched as he preached.
Then Whitehead
was indicted for defrauding a
parishioner. Indictment on
Inner City Press'
DocumentCloud here.
On January 17,
2023, Whitehead's counsel has
filed a motion complaining
about the US Attorney's
statements, and quotes by
"government agent" Brandon
Belmonte in a New Yorker
article (Inner City Press
tweeted about the article as
soon as it came out, here
- the article also quoted
Tekashi #6ix9ine whose
cooperator's sentencing Inner
City Press covered).
On January 20,
Judge Schofield denied
a(nother) Whitehead motion:
"Defendant's application is
DENIED. Defendant has provided
no authority for the
proposition that he is
entitled to a list of victims
and witnesses before being
required to comply with this
condition of bail, nor any
reason why he has unique
difficulty in identifying
victims and witnesses of the
alleged crimes. The Government
in substance has provided the
identity of victims by
confirming that Defendant
currently is engaged in civil
litigation against the only
two victims listed in the
Indictment. Defendant should
contact Pre-trial Services in
the first instance should he
have difficulty complying with
any bail condition. (Signed by
Judge Lorna G. Schofield on
1/20/2023)." Watch this site.
At the
presentment, Inner City Press
was there
Magistrate Judge
Gorenstein describes wire
fraud and threat of force to
obtain money from a Bronx
business; also lie about not
having a 2d cell phone. US
agrees to $500,000 unsecured
bond, a week for 2 signatures.
Jersey travel allowed.
Asst US Attorney:
He is to be released today on
his own signature. Defense: He
has never had a passport.
Afterward,
Whitehead and his counsel
waited on Worth Street
apparently for a car while
photographers snapped photos
and asked questions; finally
they went into a parking
garage and emerged in
different cars.
On December 22,
Judge Schofield set the
schedule, with a next
proceeding: "Defendant's
motion(s), if any, shall be
filed by March 15, 2023. The
Government's response, if any,
shall be filed by March 29,
2023. Defendant's reply, if
any, shall be filed by April
5, 2023. The parties shall
appear for a status conference
on April 11, 2023, at 10:30
a.m. (Signed by Judge Lorna G.
Schofield on 12/22/2022)."
On December 23,
Whitehead's lawyer Brian L.
Ponder filed a notice of
Whitehead's "Request to Be
Tried Within the Time Frame of
the Speedy Trial Act."
On December 27,
Ponder filed again, this time
a letter asking the
prosecutors, "Does the
government intend to serve a
FRCrP 12/1 Notice of an Alibi
Defense for any counts?" We'll
have more on this.
The case is US v.
Whitehead, 22-cr-692
(Schofield)
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