Of Duo Charged With Fentanyl One Is Released on Bond Other Jailed Valentin Gets 5 Years

Of Duo Charged With Fentanyl One Is Released on Bond Other Jailed Valentin Gets 5 Years by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 6 – A defendant charged with fentanyl conspiracy was presented before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker on December 17, 2024. Inner City Press was there, the only media in the SDNY Mag court.   While his co-defendant was released on $100,000 bond, this defendant had an immigration detained lodged against him. He consented to detention.  On January 3, 2025 the case was indicted - the first "real" criminal indictment in 2025 in SDNY, the first being a transfer of jurisdiction - and was wheeled out to Judge George B. Daniels. On October 8 Ortiz was sentenced to three years in prison. On November 10 co-defendant Valentin was sentenced to 60 months or five years in prison, to start on February 1.  This case is USA v. Ortiz, et al., 1:25-cr-2 (Daniels) *** 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 2006-2024 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com