Man Who Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crack and Cocaine Agreed to Guideline Co-D Wants Bail

Man Who Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crack and Cocaine Agreed to Guideline Co-D Wants Bail by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 6 – A man who was charged with narcotics conspiracy and jailed came to plead guilty before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jennifer L. Rochon. Inner City Press was there, the only media in the courtroom gallery.    Judge Rochon told him the maximum penalty is life in prison - then read from the plea agreement he signed, putting the guidelines at 360 months -- thirty years - to live. This for 400 grams of fentanyl, 280 grams of cocaine base and 500 grams of cocaine.  There are co-defendants in the case.  On April 6 for one of the co-defendant counsel wrote in to post an April 8 conference, to April 27 or May 1, noting "I plan on making a bail application." The overall case is USA v. Martinez, et al., 1:24-cr-376 (Rochon) *** 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 SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA 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 2006-2025 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com