| After Take Down of
Dozen from East Harlem Johnson
Houses 1 Out 1 Moving to Dismiss
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 5 – On December 17 the
SDNY US Attorney's Office
announced the unsealing of an
Indictment charging 12 men
with a drug dealing and
weapons conspiracy in the
Johnson Houses in East Harlem
- and a 12:15 pm press
conference. Inner
City Press went, its second
time of the day in 26 Federal
Plaza, asked two questions and
live tweeted, here
Inner City Press
asked, what happened to the
Wusky takedown? And how will
deeming fentanyl a weapon of
mass destruction be applied in
New York?
Clayton: Fentanyl
has killed 100,000 people. We
are listening to what people
want
Clayton
explained Federal versus state
indictment in three works:
continuity of custody.
In the
afternoon Inner City Press
went to the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrates court, where
co-defendant Hernandez was
ordered detained as a danger
to the community. Continuity
of custody indeed.
On December 18
co-defendant Percy Carrion,
represented by MoFo as CJA,
appealed Chief Magistrate
Judge Sarah Netburn's order of
detention to the assigned
District Judge Sidney H.
Stein.
The AUSA said a
gun in the utility closet was
attributable to Carrion.
Defense counsel said there was
no video of that. He sold
crack in a playground, the
AUSA said. Judge Stein ordered
him detained. Continuity of
custody, indeed.
On January 5,
2026, a hearing with many
defendants in the jury box:
four in yellow, four in green,
one in MDC tan. The outcome:
"The next conference will be
held on March 17, 2026, at
2:30 p.m., at which time the
defendants will inform the
Court of any motions they
intend to make. Defendant Ira
Boyce shall submit a letter
regarding his motion for
dismissal of the indictment by
January 7, 2026. At the
request of the government, and
with the consent of each
defendant except Ira Boyce,
the Court excludes the time
from calculation under the
Speedy Trial Act from today
until March 17, 2026.
All defendants remain in
custody, except defendant
Quadir Davonish, whose bail
conditions remain as set.
(Status Conference set for
3/17/2026 at 02:30 PM before
Judge Sidney H. Stein)
The case is USA
v. Gonzalez, et al.,
1:25-cr-576 (Stein)
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