| After
Lamar Williams Convicted of 2013 Bronx
Murder 2 Detained for Threatening Witness
Son
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
Book SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 18 - A man charged with
murder in aid of racketeering
was brought without fanfare
into Magistrates Court in the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on November 16, 2022.
Inner City
Press was
there, the
only media in
the Mag Court.
The case was
still sealed,
after the
arraignment.
But as said in
the courtroom,
the
defendant's
name is Lamar
Williams. He
wore a
sweatshirt
emblazoned "10
NINE 0" and
mouthed words
to his
significant
other in the
gallery.
His assigned Criminal Justice
Act lawyer said he consented
to detention - which he seemed
not to immediately agree with. The AUSAs
- there were two of them -
said he had been arrested on
the morning of November 16, in
Manhattan. After the
proceeding, their Office said
"On August 11, 2013, WILLIAMS
shot and killed Rasheed Barton
in the vicinity of East 174th
Street and Bronx River Avenue
in the Bronx, New York." The case,
while still sealed, had been
"wheeled out" to District
Judge Buchwald. On March 12, 2024
- Williams and his two lawyers
were back before Judge
Buchwald, to pick a trial
date. One counsel has a trial
elsewhere in September, so
March 10, 2025 was chosen. The
defense projected a four day
trial; the US Attorney's
Office (over?) estimated two
weeks. More on Patreon here In mid 2025 the
case was reassigned to Judge
Loretta A. Preska, who started
the trial in February 2026. On February 5 the
US put into evidence threats
against that cooperating
witness on a private Instagram
account. Inner City Press
voluntarily did not report
more [In another case
in SDNY, the AUSA explained
not giving exhibits to Inner
City Press by claiming it is
somehow cavalier in its
reporting - Inner City Press
responded in opposition and
continues to await the
exhibits] On February 18
the two men were arraigned for
the threatens, and detained.
Inner City Press was there.
The US Attorney's Office
docketed its detention memo,
which is far too rare,
including a photograph (with
faces redacted). Inner City
Press, after initially
voluntarily not reporting, now
reports More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here This is now US v.
Palmer and Brown, 1:22-cr-600
(Preska) The case is USA
v. Williams, 1:22-cr-600
(Preska) 
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Saturday, February 21, 2026
After Lamar Williams Convicted of 2013 Bronx Murder 2 Detained for Threatening Witness Son
