SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 20 – While many even most cases in the Magistrates Court of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York are sealed, on June 20 Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in processinga defendant named Nelson A. Cruz did not use the word sealed or docketing delayed.
No case number was given; nor was it explained why accompanying the Assistant US Attorney was an agency of "Diplomatic Security." Cruz waived any pre-sentencing report since he was said to already be in state custody. But the Federal charges are falsely applying for a passport, and aggrevated identify theft. How does one do that, while in state custody? Without the Mag Court numbers being provided, it is impossible for now to know. But Inner City Press will endeavor to stay on this case like others.
On June 19 Judge Netburn, who the previous day sealed and delayed docketing on a money laundering case from New Jersey completing the tri-state trifecta, told defendant Ricardo Reynoso about a program she and another SDNY judge (apparently SDNY Chief Judge Collen McMahon) run. It is called Young Adult Opportunity Program.
Because Inner City Press is not *only* about pushing for transparency, for example of the a suddenly sealed sentencing before Judge Lorna G. Schofield on June 17, we link to this program here. It's all to the good. So is transparency, including on warrants. We'll have more on this.
On June 12 Alberto Carrasco a/k/a Moreno came through the Mag Court, charged with agreeing to sell a kilo of heroin in The Bronx.
The Complaint, 19-MAG-5567, has the DEA's Mark Hadzewycz recounting that on June 3 Confidential Source-1 spoke with Carrasco or Moreno then met him on June 5 on Washington Avenue in The Bronx. CS-1 was showing a "six pack" photo array afterward and picked up Moreno. On June 11 on Lorillard Place they met again, agreeing to the sale of heroin in what the complaint calls a Bronx Shopping Center.
Carrasco or Moreno in fact brought the drugs, or a weighed bag, from a "particular multifamily home in Mamaroneck, NY." It was 1.17 kilograms of heroin. He has been detained, with Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker writing on the order additional reason: pending order of protection, strength of evidence including results of search of D's premises." His lawyer is CJA Kelly Sharkey; this; his preliminary hearing is set for June 26. Inner City Press,occupied at that time with a rogue cop's sentencing, aims to be there.
The next hearing for Bryan Pivnick is July 1. Inner City Press and @SDNYLIVE will be there.
