Man Whose Brother Cooperated Got Gun So 28 Months Then Out Now Arrested Again for Gun

Man Whose Brother Cooperated Got Gun So 28 Months Then Out Now Arrested Again for Gun By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 2 – Derek Parsons got out of jail in June 2022 but felt immediate danger to himself and his mother. His brother Davin has testified as a cooperating witness in a murder and racketeering case. Derrick Parsons got a gun, and got arrested.       On February 17, 2023 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff held his sentencing. Inner City Press went and covered it, as one of only two people in the courtroom gallery. The other was Derrick's mother.    Derrick Parsons, speaking for himself, said that when he got out he checked in with Probation within the required 72 hours and asked them to relocate him and his months. He was told, That will take time.  That's why he got a gun, he said.    Judge Rakoff said the best defense was the one asserted by the defendent himself. He imposed a sentence of 24 months, with two years of supervised release to follow with the search condition.  Derrick Parson's lawyer asked that he not be placed near New York but rather Memphis and/or Atlanta - and not after the hard jail time to any halfway house, but to home detention.  On March 24, Parson - and again his mother, in the gallery where Inner City Press was - appeared before Judge Victor Marrero on the VOSR. He asked for time served, or one day; the government wanted six months. Judge Marrero settled on four months, and again the recommendation of Atlanta. On December 21, 2023, Parsons' counsel wrote to Judge Rakoff seeking reduction of sentence to time served. Parsons asked the warden of FCI Berlin, that he needs to care for his maternal grandmother Marlina Parsons. He finished his GED and works as a suicide companion. The plan is no longer Atlanta - his uncle there got divorced and moved away. But his material grandmother is in New York. On January 5, 2024, the US Attorney's Office replied, opposing release and saying "it is relatively difficult to believe that the defendant has ever exercised any meaningful role as a caregiver to his grandmother... He has spend the vast majority of the past decade and a half incarcerated." Vicious circle. The defendant was arrested on December 18, 2025, and released on conditions. AUSA Ariana Bloom wrote in that evidence would be presented about sale of 5F-ADB, many mentions of synthetic marijuana. Jump cut to September 2, when Derek Parsons was presented again. Judge Cave said he is charged with having a gun in Manhattan on March 28, 2028. The AUSA - not the same as before - said he could be released with a GPS bracelet, but that Probation had none until Friday or next week. Apparently Pre-Trial and Probation do not or cannot share GPS monitor bracelets. Judge Rakoff will see him on September 9 at 11 am. The case is USA v. Parsons, 1:22-cr-516 (Rakoff) *** 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 NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 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