| Tekashi #6ix9ine
Sentenced to 3 Months in MDC
Starting Jan 6 Judge Cites
Dumpster Fire
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 5 – Rapper Daniel
Hernandez a/k/a Tekashi
#6ix9ine, still on probation
after sentencing as a
cooperator in the Nine Trey
gang case, was ordered
detained on alleged violations
of supervised release on
October 29 by U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Paul A. Engelmayer. Inner City
Press was there, from the thread
(when he spoke for himself)
#6ix9ine: I'm not
a piece of, uh, I'm not a bad
person. I apologize.
On November 18,
his lawyer wrote in that "Mr. Hernandez was
the victim of a home invasion
on Sunday, November 16. Four
masked men entered his home
and held his mother at
gunpoint while several items
were taken from his home. We
are looking to adjourn his
sentence date until January" -
letter Patreon here.
Later on November
18 Judge Engelmayer ordered:
"The sentencing is hereby
adjourned to December 5, 2025
at 2:00 p.m. There will be no
further extensions."
On November 5 the
US Attorney's Office wrote to
"recommend that the following
sentence be imposed: (1) a
period of thirty days’
incarceration; (2) followed
by" - letter on Patreon here.
And he did,
before imposing a 45 days
sentence. Thread here
Jump cut to April
11, after Inner City Press
published a book
on 6ix9ine (and Kay Flock)
here - more VOSRs and a
hearing: "Daniel Hernandez.
The Court schedules a
conference for the purpose of
arraigning the defendant on
multiple supervised release
violations specifications on
April 21, 2025."
Inner City Press
live tweeted, here
- the next court day was set
at May 22.
On May 5, the US
Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for a delay to July: "Earlier today,
the Government learned that it
will take at least
approximately six weeks from
tomorrow’s date (i.e., June
17, 2025) for the Palm Beach
County Sherriff’s Department
to develop and compare
results, if any, of DNA swabs
taken from Hernandez’s person
and from a firearm recovered
in Hernandez’s pool house" -
full letter on Patreon here
Jump cut to
November 6 when the defense,
Lazzaro, wrote in to asking
for not the three months in
prison probation recommended
but rather six months home
detention, letter on Patreon here
On November 13
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in asking for 3 to 9 months in
prison and two more years of
supervised release on November
20, 7 page filing on Patreon here
On November 17
the SDNY US Attorney's Office
wrote in opposing SDFL
Probation, filing on Patreon here
On December 5,
though made difficult, Inner
City Press live tweeted, here,
as he was sentenced to three
months, to begin January 6 at
MDC-Brooklyn.
More about
December 5 on X for Subscriber
here and Substack here
Previously, more courtroom
details on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is still
USA v. Jones, et al.,
1:18-cr-834 (Engelmayer)
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