By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN
SDNY MAG COURT EXCLUSIVE, Sept 9 - In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 9, a detention or bond proceeding was held by Magistrate Ona T. Wang on defendant Maurice Martinez.
Martinez was on supervised release on August 21 when, the AUSA said, he threatened a woman with a gun at 4:30 am in The Bronx - but had no gun when arrested at 5:03 am.
Inner City Press was there for the proceeding, the only media in the Mag Court.
Martinez' new CJA lawyer, from Sidley Austin, emphasized that no gun had been found at 5 am. The prosecutor said in the intervening half hour, Martinez could have driven anywhere in The Bronx and thrown the gun out the car window - and that he resisted arrest in the car.
Judge Wang found that Martinez could be released on $10,000 bond, with as co-signers one financial responsible person and one for moral suasion, pending a September 15 appearance before District Judge Sidney H. Stein.
The case is US v. Martinez, 13-cr-414 (Stein / Wang)
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