Man Charged with Illegal Reentry from Jamaica and Drugs & Guns Pleads Guilty Only to the 1st

Man Charged with Illegal Reentry from Jamaica and Drugs & Guns Pleads Guilty Only to the 1st by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 1 – A man from Jamaica who was removed from the US in 2016 after conviction for first degree robbery was arrested again in the US in April 2024 while allegedly trying to sell ecstasy pills to an undercover NYPD officer.    He was indicted for illegal reentry, distribution of narcotics, and felon in possession / gun charges.     His Federal Defender filed a motion to suppress, and a motion to dismiss on Second Amendment grounds. A pre-trial conference was pushed to April 13.   On April 1 Inner City Press was in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York when the defendant was brought in and pled guilty - to Count 1, illegal re-entry. A control date for sentencing was set.   The case is USA v. Sewell, 1:25-cr-284 (Ho / Wang) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material / documents on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. And/or join on Substack here, for Extra like on X for Subscribers Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, 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