by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 18 – Anthony Perez in 1970 went from Long Island to live with his mother in abandoned buildings. He was seven years old.
In 2018 he was released after 30 years in prison, and stayed out until 2022, working for TUCS Services in the Port Authority. But they reduced his hours and he robbed six cell phone stores at gunpoint.
When he was up sentenced on August 18, the Federal Defenders said he should get the minimum, five years and a day. Inner City Press was there.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge J. Paul Oektken listened as Perez recounted spending decades in jail, of no one ever asking for or listening to his side of the story.
Then Judge Oetken said that while sympathetic, danger to the community must be addressed. He sentenced Perez to seven years - the five mandatory on the gun, and 24 months for the Hobbs Act robbery. The forfeiture was $1,139 - for seven years.
The case is US v. Perez, 22-cr-333 (Oetken)
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