Man Arrested with 54 Vials of Crack Leaving Car with Gun In It Got 18 Months Co-D Gets 21

Man Arrested with 54 Vials of Crack Leaving Car with Gun In It Got 18 Months Co-D Gets 21 by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 29 – A man arrested with 54 vials of crack, coming out of a car with a gun in the console, was up for sentencing before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Loretta A. Preska on May 27. Inner City Press was there.    The defendant's CJA lawyers from Skadden Arps argued for an 18 month sentence; Probation was recommending 24 months.     The US Attorney's Office sited a prior conviction stemming from a knifepoint robbery of a victim in 2015 (resulting on conditional discharge in NYS court), and gunpoint robbery in 2021 with the same result.    The defendant said he would not appear again in Judge Preska's courttoom.   " I take you at your word," she said, adopting the lower sentence: 18 months.  On June 15 for the lead named defendant, counsel wrote in asking for a 21 month sentence on June 29. And on June 29 that's what he got: 21 months then three years of supervised release.  The overall case is USA v. Avila, et al., 1:25-cr-671 (Preska) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com